Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HOWELLS, THOMAS (Hywel Cynon; 1839 - 1905), collier, printer, poet, preacher, and musician
HOWELLS, WILLIAM (1818 - 1888), Calvinistic Methodist minister and second principal of Trevecka College (1857-65), where he was succeeded in turn by two other men who became college principals, David Charles Davies and Thomas Charles Edwards In September 1865 he was appointed principal and tutor in divinity at Trevecka, with John Harris Jones as tutor in classics. He was a successful teacher and an exceptionally acceptable preacher, although he confined his activities to the small English churches and
HOWELS, WILLIAM (1778 - 1832), Evangelical cleric Born September 1778 at Llwynhelyg, near Cowbridge, Glamorganshire, son of Samuel Howels. He was educated at ' Eagle School,' Cowbridge, and Wadham College, Oxford (but did not graduate). He came into contact with David Jones of Llan-gan whose curate he was for some time. On the death of David Jones, Howels went to London where he became curate of S. Ann's; he was also appointed lecturer at S
HOYLE, WILLIAM EVANS (1855 - 1926), first director of the National Museum of Wales
HUDSON-WILLIAMS, THOMAS (1873 - 1961), scholar and translator
HUET, THOMAS (d. 1591), Biblical translator
HUGHES GRIFFITHS, ANNIE JANE (1873 - 1942), peace campaigner house for her brothers John and Walter, who were students there; she obviously enjoyed the Welsh life of the capital, although she divided her time between London and Aberystwyth, as she would for the rest of her life. It was through her brother John that she met Thomas Edward Ellis, the Liberal Member of Parliament for Meirionethshire; they corresponded from 1897 until they married in 1898. His
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 , Westminster and St Philip and St James, Oxford, he was appointed in 1935 to a post with the BBC in Wales, where he later became a producer in the Music Department under Mansel Thomas. He followed Thomas as Head of the Department from 1965 to 1971. From 1950 onward he conducted the BBC Welsh Orchestra, and promoted the work of Welsh composers and artists through radio and television performances. He was
HUGHES, CLEDWYN (BARON CLEDWYN OF PENRHOS), (1916 - 2001), politician the Commonwealth Relations Office had earned him a place in the Cabinet. Following the election in 1964, Hughes had hoped for a post in the Welsh Office and he was delighted to succeed Griffiths. He held the post of Secretary of State for Wales for two years, from 6 April 1966 to 6 April 1968; his first Minister of State was George Thomas, who was followed in 1967 by Eirene White who spoke warmly of
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

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