Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HUGHES, WILLIAM (1757 - 1846), Independent minister, hymn-writer, and composer Second son of Hugh Jones and Jane Williams (widow) of Gadlys, Llanwnda, Caernarfonshire; he was christened 25 June 1757. He married Jane Jones, 20 February 1783, at Llanwnda, where too their son John was christened, 2 December 1784. He joined the Independents at Caernarvon when George Lewis was resuscitating Independency there, and in 1788 was set apart to be a lay preacher. After the departure
HUGHES, WILLIAM (1838 - 1921), printer and publisher congregational music, is greatly in the debt of William Hughes. It was he who ventured to publish, after it had been rejected by other publishers, the work of John Ambrose Lloyd, viz. Aberth Moliant, Gweddi Habacu c, and almost all his anthems; he also published ' Ystorm Tiberias,' the oratorio by Edward Stephen (Tanymarian), besides several anthems by the same composer. He started a weekly newspaper, Y Dydd
HUGHES, WILLIAM JOHN (1833 - 1879), musician and schoolmaster assisted John Roberts of Henllan with his collection of hymn-tunes called In Memoriam. He died June 1879 at Rhyl.
HUGHES, WILLIAM JOHN (GARETH HUGHES; 1894 - 1965), actor William John Hughes was born on 23 August 1894 at Halfway, Dafen, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, the elder son of John Elias Hughes, a tinplate boxer, and Ann Hughes (née Morgan). His father was an accomplished orator who won many prizes at local eisteddfodau. His younger brother was Brinley Hughes. The family subsequently moved to Princess Street, Llanelli. William John was educated at the Higher
HUGHES, WILLIAM JOHN (1891 - 1945), school teacher and college lecturer Born near Penfforddelen, Y Groeslon, Caernarfonshire, 10 September 1891, son of John Owen and Ann Jane Hughes, but his parents moved to Nantlle soon after his birth. The father was a quarryman and later a slate inspector. He was educated at the council school, Nantlle. At an early age he proved to be a gifted child, and he had a remarkably successful career at the county school at Pen-y-groes
HUGHES, WILLIAM ROGER (1898 - 1958), cleric and poet Born 27 May 1898, son of John and Ann Hughes, Sain-y-gog, Llangristiolus, Anglesey. As a young man he worked for a few years in Liverpool. During World War I he served with the army in France and Egypt. He entered the University College of North Wales, Bangor, in 1922, and graduated in 1925. In the same year he was licensed as curate of Mold, moving to Holywell in 1929. In 1930 he was presented
HUGHES, MARGARET (Leila Megáne; 1891 - 1960), singer Born in Bethesda, Caernarfonshire, 5 April 1891, one of the ten children of Thomas Jones, a member of the Caernarfonshire police force, and Jane Phillip (née Owen) his wife. In 1894 the family moved to Pwllheli but her mother died when she was 7 years old. Her father sacrificed much to give her a musical education. She had singing lessons for a period with John Williams, conductor of Caernarfon
HUMPHREYS, BENJAMIN (1856 - 1934), Baptist minister pamphlet, John Myles, 1913.
HUMPHREYS, EDWARD MORGAN (1882 - 1955), journalist, writer and broadcaster Born 14 May 1882 in Dyffryn Ardudwy, Merionethshire, eldest son of John and Elizabeth Humphreys. His brothers were Humphrey Llewelyn and John Gwilym. His mother was the niece of Edward Morgan, Dyffryn, preacher and writer, and a cousin of R.H. Morgan, Menai Bridge, pioneer of short-hand in Welsh. His great-grandfather was Richard Humphreys, a preacher noted for his wit, a teetotaller and a
HUMPHREYS, HUGH (1817 - 1896), printer and publisher John Rhys, afterwards principal of Jesus College, Oxford, edited for him; a new edition (1864), edited by Cynddelw, of Gorchestion Beirdd Cymru; a translation by Eben Fardd, of Chambers's Information for the People (1856), a translation of Josephus (1882), and editions of the poetical works of Dewi Wyn, Cawrdaf, Ieuan Brydydd Hir, and Cynddelw. In 1855 he began to publish a weekly newspaper, Y
HUMPHREYS, HUMPHREY (1648 - 1712), bishop, antiquary, historian, and genealogist his defence of archbishop John Williams cannot now be traced.
HUMPHREYS, JOHN (1767 - 1829), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author Born 1767 at Pant-y-ddelw, Bodfari, but his people soon removed to Penymynydd, Tremeirchion. From 1798 to 1802 he was at Chester, supervising the Welsh printing done there for Thomas Jones (1756 - 1820) and Thomas Charles. Thence he went to live at Cil-deugoed, Tremeirchion, and afterwards to Croes-wian, Caerwys, where he lived most of his life - he is usually known as 'John Humphreys of Caerwys

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