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HUGHES, ROBERT GWILYM (1910 - 1997), poet and minister with the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist denomination Hughes, who became in the General Election of 1951 the Labour MP for Anglesey. Three of them, all with the surname Hughes - Reverend R. Gwilym Hughes, Cledwyn Hughes and his minister Reverend R. Griffith Hughes, of Disgwylfa Chapel in the town, travelled together in the politician's car, to the Festival of Britain in London in 1951. R. Gwilym Hughes supported the Labour Party and devolution over the
HUGHES, THOMAS JOHN (Adfyfr; 1853 - 1927), journalist Born at Bridgend in 1853, son of the Rev. Thomas Hughes of Miskin village, Glamorganshire. He became a journalist and represented a number of English daily newspapers in Wales. Some of his articles on the Welsh magistracy and landlordism in Wales were re-published by the Welsh National Liberal Federation. At one time he was private secretary to Alfred Thomas, 1st baron Pontypridd, and he was the
HUGHES, WILLIAM (1838 - 1921), printer and publisher , in 1868, with Samuel Roberts ('S.R.') as its editor, and Richard Davies (Mynyddog) assisting him. He issued Y Dysgedydd for fifty-six years; he also published Dysgedydd y Plant, and Cronicl Bach J.R. for a period. He took an interest in public and religious affairs; he was an ardent Liberal, an alderman of the Merioneth county council, a justice of the peace, and was a deacon for fifty-five years
HUGHES, WILLIAM BULKELEY (1797 - 1882), Member of Parliament . His politics were described as those of a moderate Conservatism, although it was as a Liberal that he contested the election of 1865. He was still M.P. for Caernarvon at the time of his death, and was in point of age the 'father' of the House of Commons. He took an active interest in local affairs and administration, being a justice of the peace of Anglesey and Caernarvonshire and high sheriff of
HUMPHREYS, JAMES (c. 1768 - 1830), legal writer afterwards obtained a good practice as a conveyancer. In politics Humphreys was a Liberal and was friendly with Fox, Sir James Mackintosh, Sir Francis Burdett, and Horne Tooke. His chief work was Observations on the Actual State of the English Laws of Real Property, with the outlines of a Code (London, 1826, 2nd ed. 1827). This work gave him a high reputation as a legal reformer. The changes which he
HUMPHREYS-OWEN, ARTHUR CHARLES (1836 - 1905), Member of Parliament Liberal. He died 9 December 1905.
JAMES, Sir WILLIAM MILBOURNE (1807 - 1881), Lord Justice 1846 he married Maria, daughter of William Otter, bishop of Chichester. He was knighted in 1869 and appointed Lord Justice of Appeal in 1870. An enthusiastic Liberal in politics, he was considered for the Merthyr Tydfil nomination when his cousin Charles Herbert James was elected in 1880, but he had lost touch with Welsh affairs and was little interested in Welsh national movements. He died 7 June
JANNER, BARNETT (BARON JANNER), (1892 - 1982), politician was saved by the quick action of a fellow-soldier. On his return to Cardiff, Janner established his own firm of solicitors; he had a fine speaking voice and he was particularly effective in court. He soon considered a political career and stood unsuccessfully for Cardiff City Council, first in 1921 as a candidate for the Comrades of the Great War and then in 1924 as a Liberal. He was also
JENKINS, DAVID LLOYD (1896 - 1966), writer, poet and schoolmaster XVIIeg), 1931, which is now a rare book. This work was based on his Master's thesis in the early 1920s and it is probable that the burdens of his teaching career hindered him from pursuing further scholarly research. In politics he was a radical Liberal, serving for a time as president of the Cardiganshire Liberals and speaking on election platforms. He was an elder of Bwlch-gwynt Calvinistic Methodist
JENKINS, ROY HARRIS (1920 - 2003), politician and author graduation, Jenkins's career progressed quickly, often aided by his father's connections in the labour movement (he was MP for Pontypool 1935-1946 and served as Clement Attlee's parliamentary aide during the period) and his own Oxford acquaintances. During the Second World War Jenkins served as an officer on a domestic artillery battery after 1942 before being moved to work as a codebreaker at Bletchley
JENKINS, Sir WILLIAM ALBERT (1878 - 1968), shipbroker and politician activities and his contributions to national and international charities and institutions. His political interests were not developed until after World War I when he was elected National Liberal Member of Parliament for Brecon and Radnor in 1922. He lost the seat in the 1924 General Election and afterwards concentrated his political attention on local government. In 1927 he was elected to the Swansea
JOHN, BRYNMOR THOMAS (1934 - 1988), Labour politician officer with the education branch of the RAF. As a partner from 1960 to 1970 in the firm of Morgan, Bruce and Nicholas, Pontypridd, John specialised in industrial accident cases. He had joined the Labour Party at the age of eighteen, and was secretary of the Labour Party at University College, London. He was active in the local Labour Party in Pontypridd. He was elected Labour MP for Pontypridd in the

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