Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HOWELL, DAVID (1797 - 1873), Calvinistic Methodist minister at Pen-y-bont. He was ordained at Llangeitho Association in 1824. He returned to Swansea in 1827 and married Mary, daughter of his old master, John Cadwalader, a Calvinistic Methodist elder. He spent a short period at Carmarthen in 1840 and then moved to Llantwit Major in 1842 to take charge of churches in the Vale of Glamorgan. He returned again to Swansea in 1845 as pastor of Trinity church
HOWELL, JOHN (Ioan ab Hywel, Ioan Glandyfroedd; 1774 - 1830), weaver, schoolmaster, poet, editor, and musician ; it is still of interest and use as a source-book for information on the literature of Wales, and on the history of the provincial eisteddfodau. Besides examples of the work of the editor (some of them written for the Carmarthen and Brecon eisteddfodau) the volume contains a selection of poems by Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir), Jenkin Thomas, Cwm-du, Cardiganshire, Eliezer Williams, Daniel Evans
HOWELL, JOHN HENRY (1869 - 1944), pioneer of technical education in New Zealand married in September 1894 Nellie Wheeler, a prominent figure in socialist circles at Bristol, who shared fully his own ideals. They had no children, and when he died on 20 June 1944, he left a third of the residue of his estate to the U.C.W., Aberystwyth in memory of the principal who had befriended him in 1889. He had two sisters, Esther Mary (Ettie) who was a deaconess in Dudley, 1897-1900, Manchester
HOWELL, THOMAS FRANCIS (1864 - 1953), businessman and barrister he also undertook many other outside interests, including a governorship of Howell's School in Denbigh, and trusteeship of the Whitechapel Art Gallery. He continued to be active in musical circles, serving on many of the committees of the London national eisteddfod in 1909, and on various committees of the Cardiff Triennial Music Festival. He married, 1904, Edith Mary Millard and there were three
HOWELLS, ELISEUS (1893 - 1969), minister (Presb.), and author his service throughout the whole of Wales. ' Mr. Matthews of Ewenni' was a frequent reference in his sermons, and was the subject of lectures by him. He was Moderator of the Association in the South (1959), and of the General Assembly (1963). He delivered the Dr. John Williams, Brynsiencyn, Memorial Lecture and it was published by William Morris (ed.) as Pregethu in 1969. He wrote much to Y Goleuad
HOWELLS, GERAINT WYN (Baron Geraint), (1925 - 2004), farmer and politician Born on 15 April 1925, the son of David John and Mary Blodwen Howells, of Brynglas, Ponterwyd, Cardiganshire. He was educated at Ponterwyd Primary School and Ardwyn Grammar School, before he returned to farm with his father. Howells and his parents used Welsh as their first language and they were closely involved in the cultural life of the village; David John Howells served as secretary of the
HOWELLS, MORGAN (1794 - 1852), Calvinistic Methodist minister carpenter. The vital importance of religion was brought home to him under the ministry of John Rees, minister of Gobaith (Hope) chapel, and he joined that church. He began to preach in 1815 and was ordained at the Llangeitho association, 1824. He was married twice: (1) to Mary Lewis, sister of Richard Lewis ('Dic Penderyn'), 1827 and (2) to Ann Morgan of Ebbw Vale, 1843. At the time of his second marriage
HUDSON-WILLIAMS, THOMAS (1873 - 1961), scholar and translator Born 4 February 1873, son of R. Williams, Caernarfon. He was educated at Friars School, Bangor, University College of North Wales, Bangor, and the University of Greifswald. In 1894 he took the degree of the University of London in Classics, French and Celtic, and the D. Lit., of the same university in 1911. He was appointed Assistant Lecturer in French and German at University College, Bangor, in
HUGHES GRIFFITHS, ANNIE JANE (1873 - 1942), peace campaigner Annie Jane Davies was born on 5 April 1873, at Cwrt Mawr, Llangeitho, Ceredigion, the sixth of ten children of Robert Joseph Davies (1839-1892) and his wife Frances (née Humphreys, 1836-1918). She had three sisters, Sara Maria (1864-1939), Mary (1869-1918) ac Eliza ('Lily', 1876-1939), and six brothers, Robert Brian ('Bertie', 1865-1879), David Charles (1866-1928), Edward (1867-1869), John
HUGHES, ARTHUR (1878 - 1965), writer a home for a long period at the home of Barbara Llwyd (Mrs. J.O. Evans) and maintained his own 'batch', i.e. a bachelor's cottage, until his marriage, 10 January 1918, to a widow, Mrs. H.M. Durrouzet, daughter of Erw Fair farm, and grand-daughter of W.E. Williams, founder of the district of Treorci in Chubut. They had 3 daughters, two of them good poets, one of whom, Irma, became a chaired bard of
HUGHES, ARWEL (1909 - 1988), musician Arwel Hughes was born on 25 August 1909 at 'Arwelfa', Rhosllannerchrugog, one of nine children of William and Catherine Hughes. His older brother was the musician John Hughes (1896-1968). He was educated at Ruabon Grammar School and the Royal College of Music in London, where he studied composition with C. H. Kitson and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Following a period as organist at St Margaret's
HUGHES, DAVID ROWLAND (Myfyr Eifion; 1874 - 1953), secretary of the National Eisteddfod worked hard for Urdd Gobaith Cymru in the capital, and gave talks on the radio, as well as popular lectures. He was editor of Our Notebook, the staff magazine of United Dairies, Ltd. (1920-39); and, with John Williams (1872 - 1944), he was joint editor (1926-38) of the London-Welsh periodical Y Ddolen, to which he contributed articles under the nom de plume ' Tafwys ', ' A way farer ', and ' Hafren

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