Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HASSALL, CHARLES (1754 - 1814), land agent and surveyor Born 1754, the second son of James Hassall of Cardigan (1718-1787) and Martha Rose of Stourbridge (died 1795), resided at Eastwood near Narberth. He married Dorothy Bullfinch (died 1845) and had three children, the Rev. William Hassall of Llyswen (1788-1849), Oriana Hassall (1790-1809) and George Hassall (born and died 1792). An agricultural pioneer and colourful figure, he achieved some
HATTON, ANN JULIA (Ann of Swansea; 1764 - 1838), poet and novelist and accompanied him to America. They took a lease of Swansea Bathing House in 1799. On his death in 1806, she moved to Kidwelly where she kept a dancing-school. In 1809 she returned to Swansea and devoted herself to writing, being maintained by an annuity granted her by J. P. Kemble and Sarah Siddons. She wrote a play ('Zaffine') for the young Edmund Kean, and her Poetic Trifles (Waterford, 1811
HOMFRAY family, iron-masters Penydarren annuity of £2,500 payable during his life (probably from Penydarren), and £10 from the Aber-nant iron-works. But having a large family, and living in style (especially during the period when he was high sheriff of Glamorgan in 1809-10 - he was also acting high sheriff in 1810-11) and taking up costly leases of coal-mining properties and farms in the neighbourhood of Pontypridd, he soon got into
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, EDWARD (Y Dryw; 1772 - 1850), eisteddfodic poet Born at Nannerch, Flintshire, (christened 9 July 1772), son of Benjamin Hughes of Walgoch, Nannerch. He was educated at S. Albans Hall, and was admitted to Jesus College, Oxford, in 1794 (B.A. 1797, M.A. 1800). He was a military chaplain for a time and served in the same capacity on a warship in the ill-fated expedition to Walcheren, 1809. He was rector of Llanddulas from 1814 to 1818 and of
HUGHES, HUGH (1778 - 1855), Wesleyan minister ), Llanfyllin (1809), Denbigh (1811), Brecon (1812), Llandilo (1814), Carmarthen (1815), Cardiff (1817), Machynlleth (1819), Caernarvon (1821), Denbigh and Llanrwst (1824), Llanidloes (1826), Carmarthen (1828), Brecon (1831), Swansea (1834), Merthyr Tydfil (1837), and Carmarthen (1840). He was chairman of the Welsh province of South Wales (1828-43) and was the first Welsh minister to be elected to his
HUGHES, JOHN (1776 - 1843), Wesleyan minister, and antiquary of Caerleon (1784?-1829). John Hughes went (1778) to the school attached to Christ College, then under David Griffith (1726 - 1816). In 1790, he heard John Wesley (Eurgrawn, 1809, 445) at Brecon - the boy and his father were society-members; it should be noted that the (English) Wesleyans of the town were of good social and economic standing - see the articles on Bold, Churchey, and Coke. The
HUGHES, LOT (1787 - 1873), Wesleyan minister and historian year on the Llangollen circuit. Thereafter he served on the following circuits: Llanidloes (1809), Aberystwyth (1810), Brecon (1812), Merthyr (1814), Cardigan (1816, with S. Davids as his place of residence), Carmarthen and Llandilo (1818), Ruthin and Llangollen (1820), Beaumaris (1822), Pwllheli (1824), Dolgelley (1826), Holywell (1828), Llanfyllin (1830), Llanrwst (1832), Llangollen (1834
JAMES, EVAN (Ieuan ap Iago, Iago ap Ieuan; 1809 - 1878), author of the words of 'Hen Wlad fy Nhadau'
JAMES, JAMES (Iago Emlyn; 1800 - 1879), Congregational minister and poet Born in the parish of Bettws Ifan, near Cardigan, in 1800, the son of David and Mary James. By November 1809 the parents had died, and he was cared for by his grandmother at Dinas, near Newcastle Emlyn. For some years he was engaged in business in various places, including Bristol. In 1840 he entered the college at Carmarthen, and subsequently served pastorates at Llanelly, Cardiff, Newport, and
JAMES, JOHN (Ioan Meirion; 1815 - 1851), writer Born at Ty-gwyn, Llan-ym-Mawddwy, Meironnydd, younger son of John James (who survived him) and his wife Sarah; the father was a deacon in the Independent church at Dinas Mawddwy, and the elder son, Hugh James (1809 - 1875), became Independent minister of Brithdir (near Dolgelley) and of Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain, Montgomeryshire. John James went up to London at an early age; his occupation there
JAMES, JOHN (1777 - 1848), Baptist minister, hymn writer, bookbinder, and printer opened a book-shop at Aberystwyth. In May 1809 he established the first printing press in the town, in his house in Bridge Street, but it was not a financial success, and he was obliged, in September 1812, to sell his share of the business to his partner. The best-known publication from the press was Pigion o Hymnau, 1811, a collection of hymns of his own composition. He also published Etholedigaeth

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