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HERBERT, WILLIAM (1460 - 1491), earl of Pembroke, later earl of Huntingdon (March 1484). His wife was Mary, daughter of Richard, earl Rivers; they had one child, Elizabeth, who married Charles Somerset, earl of Worcester, ancestor of the dukes of Beaufort (see Somerset family).
HEYCOCK, LLEWELLYN (LORD HEYCOCK OF TAIBACH), (1905 - 1990), prominent leader in local government in Glamorganshire whom he had served with enthusiasm, still supporting the Taibach Youth Club and secretary of the Taibach Ward Labour Party. He died in Neath General Hospital on Tuesday, 13 March 1990 and the funeral service was held on Saturday, 17 March in the Anglican Church of St Theodore, Port Talbot, followed by committal at Margam Crematorium.
HILEY, FRANCIS (1781 - 1860), Baptist minister Born at Cwm, Llanwenarth, Monmouth, shortly before 16 March 1781. His father, who was of German extraction, was nominally an Anglican, while his mother was a Baptist. One Sunday in 1803 he went to Llanwenarth chapel where he was converted; within a year he had begun to preach. After going to college at Abergavenny he returned in 1811 to Llanwenarth where he remained until his death 14 October
HINDS, JOHN DARWIN VIVIAN (1922 - 1981), politician and community activist the Vale of Glamorgan. His sister Elvira Gwenllian Payne served as his Lady Mayoress. His dedication to community activism was evident as he worked to alleviate various social problems, including housing insecurity. He also championed disability justice by advocating for establishing a local branch of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. John Darwin Hinds died on 15 March 1981. He was a
HODDINOTT, ALUN (1929 - 2008), composer and teacher Wales in 1997. He married, 2 April 1953, Rhiannon Huws, daughter of the Rev. Llewellyn Caradog Huws, Gwauncaegurwen, and they had one son, Ceri. He died in Swansea on 11 March 2008. The new hall of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in the Millennium Centre in Cardiff was named Hoddinott Hall in recognition of his contribution to music in Wales.
HOGGAN, FRANCES ELIZABETH (1843 - 1927), physician and social reformer ). Frances Morgan defended her thesis on the 14 March 1870 before more than 400 spectators, becoming the second female medical graduate from Zürich University and the first British woman to gain a European MD degree. Her thesis on progressive muscular atrophy differed from the published conclusions of her supervisor, Anton Biermer: Morgan argued that it was an organic disease of the central nervous system
HOLBACHE, DAVID (fl. 1377-1423), lawyer, founder of Oswestry Grammar School Welshman, Adam Usk, for Adam's pardon (20 March 1411 - Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1408-13, 283) states that it was granted on the petition of ' David Holbache, esquire.' At some time between 1418 and 1421 (the original documents are lost), Holbache endowed a free grammar school at Oswestry, the first of its kind in (what was then) Wales; the endowment was increased by his widow Gwenhwyfar. Holbache's will was
teulu HOLLAND Berw, daughter Elinor. The marriage is believed to have taken place between 1470 and 1480. John Holland was succeeded by his son OWEN HOLLAND, who was appointed sheriff of Anglesey for life, March 1504/5. He married Ethelrede, daughter of Richard Hampdene of Kimble, Berks. Between 1520 and 1522, Owen succeeded in persuading his cousin, Sir John Owen, to convey to him a large part of the Berw estate, which had
HOLLAND, ROBERT (1556/7 - 1622?), cleric, author, and translator , Foster's Index of parish clergy (based on P.R.O. records) says that he was instituted at Prendergast 6 November 1591 (West Wales Records has another rector there in 1608), at Walwyn's Castle 5 March 1607/8, and in addition at Robeston West in 1612. He would seem to have died in 1622 - Foster has another incumbent at Robeston in 1622, and West Wales Records has another at Walwyn's Castle on 15 November
HOOSON, HUGH EMLYN (1925 - 2012), Liberal politician and public figure Emlyn Hooson was born on 26 March 1925, the son of Hugh and Elsie Hooson of Colomendy, Denbighshire, to a notable local family. He was educated at Denbigh Grammar School and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he graduated in law in 1949. (He was years later to be appointed a Professorial Fellow of Aberystwyth University in 1997). In 1950 he married Shirley Margaret Wynne Hamer
HOOSON, TOM ELLIS (1933 - 1985), Conservative politician He was born on 16 March 1933, the son of David Maelor Hooson, a farmer, and his wife, Ursula Ellis Hooson. He was a cousin to Emlyn Hooson (born 1925), the former Liberal MP for Montgomeryshire, 1962-79, and a grand-nephew to Thomas Edward Ellis (1859-1899), the Liberal MP for Merionethshire, 1886-99, and to the Welsh poet I. D. Hooson (1880-1948). He was educated at Rhyl Grammar School and
HOPKIN, LEWIS (c. 1708 - 1771), poet Museum of Wales. He died 19 March 1754.

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