Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HUGHES, EDWARD (Y Dryw; 1772 - 1850), eisteddfodic poet Aneurin Owen being the adjudicators. He competed with awdlau at Wrexham, 1820, Caernarvon, 1824, Rhosllanerchrugog, 1829, and Bryneglwys, Denbighshire, 1830. Short extracts of his work are to be found in the various periodicals and collections of verse published in his day. He died 11 April 1850 at Bodfari.
HUGHES, HYWEL STANFORD (1886 - 1970), cattle breeder, benefactor and Welsh nationalist their cousins was Sarah Pugh Jones, a well-known local historian and librarian at Llangollen. Hywel was educated at Grove Park grammar school, Wrexham, and Kinsgwood, Bath, a Methodist foundation. After leaving school he became a pupil with a veterinary surgeon at Llangollen, but in 1907 he sailed for Bogota, Colombia, to join two uncles, Ifor and R.J. Jones, both of whom were engaged in the import
HUGHES, JOHN (CEIRIOG) (Ceiriog; 1832 - 1887), poet volume of Ceiriog's songs, Yr Oriau Olaf. John Ceiriog Hughes died 23 April 1887 and was buried at Llanwnog. His work, originally published in separate booklets, was collected into two volumes (Wrexham, n.d.); a third was published at Liverpool, 1888.
HUGHES, JOHN (c. 1790 - 1869), musician John Hughes was born in Denbigh c. 1790. He was a servant at the Wynnstay Arms, Wrexham, in his early days. He learned to play several musical instruments and was appointed conductor of the band of the Denbighshire militia. He won a prize at the Wrexham eisteddfod (1820) for the best arrangement of a Welsh air. He won the prize and medal at the Abergavenny eisteddfod of 1838 for the best Welsh
HUGHES, JOHN (1796 - 1860), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author Born at Adwy'r Clawdd near Wrexham 11 February 1796, son of Hugh (a carpenter) and Mary Hughes, and grandson of Richard Hughes, Sarffle, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog; he was thus a brother of the Wrexham printer Richard Hughes, and a second-cousin of the poet John Ceiriog Hughes. He began preaching in 1813, and in 1815 began keeping school in various places; in 1819 he opened a school at Wrexham
HUGHES, JOHN HENRY (Ieuan o Leyn; 1814 - 1893), Congregational minister and poet to his wife's ill-health. He became minister successively at West Hartlepool, Horsley-upon-Tyne, Newent, and Cefn-mawr, Denbighshire. He died 7 March 1893 at Wrexham. His poems in the free metres brought him into some prominence, and he became well known as the author of ' Beth sy'n hardd? ' A volume of his English sermons, under the title The Hand that Saves, and other Sermons, was published in
HUGHES, RICHARD (1794 - 1871), printer and publisher Son of Hugh and Mary Hughes, Brynhaulog, Adwy'r Clawdd, Denbighshire. He received his early education at Evans's school, Minera, and afterwards worked at Kendrick's Bank in Hope Street, Wrexham. After a short period he left the bank to take charge of the accountancy at the Lower Bersham paper-mill. When Broseley the proprietor died shortly afterwards, Richard took over the paper-mill and
HUGHES, RICHARD SAMUEL (1855 - 1893), musician ., also attained wide popularity. He wrote anthems and hymn-tunes, a cantata ('Bugeiliaid Bethlehem'), a string quartette (successful at the Wrexham eisteddfod of 1876), and a part-song for male voices (1888). He was a successful eisteddfod competitor (particularly for his solos and duets) and was also much in demand as piano accompanist. He died 3 March 1893 and was buried in Glanogwen burial ground
HUGHES, ROBERT OWEN (Elfyn; 1858 - 1919), journalist and poet , member of the publishing firm of Hughes and Son, Wrexham; seven children were born of the marriage. In 1885 he was appointed sub-editor of Gwalia, a newspaper; in 1888 he went to Blaenau Ffestiniog to edit another newspaper, Y Rhedegydd; in 1899 he became editor of Y Glorian, another local newspaper; he also served, for a time, as librarian of the local public library. He edited the prize compositions
HUGHES, THOMAS (1854 - 1928), Wesleyan minister , Caernarfonshire (1882), Bootle (1883), Birmingham (1884), Meifod (1886), Llanfairfechan (1887), Wrexham (1890), Tre-garth (1893), Shaw Street circuit, Liverpool (1896), Tregarth (1899), Mount Zion, Liverpool (1902), Shaw Street, Liverpool (1905), Bangor (1908), Llandudno (1911), Port Dinorwic (1914), Abergele (1918), and Llangefni (1921). He retired in 1924 and died 15 December 1928. He married in 1887 Blanche
HUGHES, WILLIAM JOHN (1891 - 1945), school teacher and college lecturer 1919 and his dissertation was published in 1924 under the title Wales and the Welsh in English Literature from Shakespeare to Scott (Wrexham). This was an attempt to trace and explain the attitude of English authors towards Wales and the Welsh. He researched his subject thoroughly and was able to present his conclusion clearly and interestingly. The chapters devoted to the tourers and antiquaries are
HUMPHREYS, JOHN (1767 - 1829), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author (Wrexham, 1813) Samuel Clarke's Biblical Commentary, republished (1802) Cole's Sovereignty of God in Welsh, and was jointly responsible for the first memoir of Thomas Jones, 1820. He was a member of the committee which drew up the Calvinistic Methodist ' Confession of Faith,' and wrote the sketch of the history of Welsh Methodism which is prefixed to it (see Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Hanes y Methodistiaid

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