Dictionary of Welsh Biography

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, CHARLES (1823 - 1886), publisher Born 3 March 1823, the son of Richard Hughes (1794 - 1871), Wrexham and his wife, Anne. He was educated at Fairfield (Moravian) and Bridgnorth grammar schools. He served four years as publisher's apprentice with Simpkin & Marshall, London (1844-8), and returned to his father's publishing house in Church Street, Wrexham. He attended the Frankfurt-on-Main Peace Conference in 1848. He was borough
HUGHES, CLEDWYN (BARON CLEDWYN OF PENRHOS), (1916 - 2001), politician Cledwyn Hughes was born on 14 September 1916 at 13 Plashyfryd Terrace, Holyhead, the elder son of Henry David Hughes and Emma Davies, née Hughes, who was a young widow with a little son, Emlyn, when she re-married in 1915. Through his father, Cledwyn Hughes was descended from several generations of slate quarrymen in Caernarfonshire. Henry Hughes, widely known as Harri Hughes, left school at the
HUGHES, DAVID (EOS IAL; 1794? - 1862), poet and publisher Few facts are known of his early life, but it is believed that he was born at Brynllwynog, Bryneglwys, in 1794 or 1795. There is evidence, however, that he lived at Cynwyd, near Corwen, from 1824 to 1831. He was twice married (his first wife, who was buried at Llangar, may have been a native of Cynwyd), and had eight children. Hughes first attracted attention as a poet at an eisteddfod held by
HUGHES, DAVID (d. 1609), founder of Beaumaris grammar school education (John Morgan, David Hughes, Founder of Beaumaris Free Grammar School … 1883; see also Poetical Works of Richard Llwyd, 21n). Settling in Norfolk, he was appointed steward of the manor of Woodrising about 1596. In 1602 he established the Free Grammar School at Beaumaris. His will, dated 30 September 1609, endowed the school and made provision for the establishment of an almshouse at Llannerch-y
HUGHES, DAVID (1785 - 1850), cleric and author Son of Daniel Hughes, Trefilan, Cardiganshire. He was educated at Ystrad Meurig, and Jesus College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1806 and M.A. in 1809. In 1805 he began work as corrector, for the Oxford University Press, of the revised edition of the Welsh Bible which ultimately appeared in 1809; and in 1806 he was elected scholar of Jesus College. Ordained in the diocese of Oxford (?), he
HUGHES, DAVID (1813 - 1872), Independent minister, and author ; there too he was buried. He was obviously of scholarly temperament; he assembled a large library, and many of the articles in Y Gwyddoniadur are by him. He published at Bangor in 1852 Geiriadur Ysgrythyrol a Duwinyddol - a 2nd edition of this appeared in two volumes, the 1st (1876) edited by John Peter, and the 2nd (1879) by Thomas Lewis (1837 - 1892). Hughes also published (1859) Elfennau
HUGHES, DAVID (Cristiolus Môn; 1810 - 1881), musician Born in Llangristiolus, Anglesey. After some years as schoolmaster at Trefdraeth and elsewhere in Anglesey, and at Rhewl, near Ruthin, he became a reader in the printing-office of Thomas Gee, Denbigh; he was afterwards a book-binder (self-taught) and, still later, an accounts clerk in the service of John Parry, glover, Denbigh and Oswestry. He played a leading part in the founding of an Anglesey
HUGHES, DAVID (1800 - 1849), Independent minister Born in Amlwch, Anglesey, the son of a prosperous farmer. He received a good education locally and he also went to a school in Liverpool. He became a member of Tabernacl chapel, Liverpool under the ministry of John Breese and he started to preach there. He was a student at the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen, 1824-28 and he was ordained minister of Mill Street Chapel, Newport, 1 January 1829
HUGHES, DAVID EDWARD (1829 - 1900), physicist and inventor Born 18 June 1829 in London (some authorities contend that he was born in Green y Ddwyryd, near Corwen), son of David Hughes, originally of Bala, afterwards of London. Migrating with the family to Virginia in 1840, he was educated at S. Joseph's College, Bardstown, Kentucky. At 19 years of age he was appointed professor of music at the college, and the next year was given also the chair of
HUGHES, DAVID ROWLAND (Myfyr Eifion; 1874 - 1953), secretary of the National Eisteddfod Born 9 September 1874 at Maesglas, Holywell, Flintshire, son of the station-master William Hughes and Elizabeth his wife. He was educated at Porthmadog and Bangor elementary schools; Llandudno Collegiate School (1888-91); and the University of Wales colleges at Bangor (1891-92) and Aberystwyth, though he had to leave before completing his course to earn his living. He taught for a year at his old
HUGHES, DEWI ARWEL (1947 - 2017), Christian leader and theologian Dewi Arwel Hughes was born on 1 January 1947 at Bugeilfod, Llangwm, Denbighshire, the youngest of four children of Gruffudd Evans Hughes (1912-1975), agricultural merchant, and his wife Annie (née Edwards, 1908-1957), a seamstress. He had three sisters, Elen Haf, Lona Wyn and Gwenan Arwel. A year after his birth the family moved to Garth Isa, Frongoch, near Bala. His mother died in 1957, when

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