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HUGHES, GAINOR (1745 - 1780), fasting woman information provided in the contemporary sources. Gainor Hughes was buried at Llandderfel cemetery on 14 March 1780. As suggested by the evidence cited, which was drawn from oral testimony, interest in her persisted locally. Her story was notable enough to draw the attention of the artist Edward Pugh (c.1761-1813), who mentioned her in his posthumously-published Cambria Depicta: A Tour through North Wales
HUGHES, HUGH (1790 - 1863), artist and author live in London (a lecture of his to the Cymreigyddion Society is printed in Seren Gomer, 1831), but by 1835 he was living at Caernarvon, assisting William Williams (Caledfryn, 1801 - 1869) in bringing out Y Seren Ogleddol, and issuing the short-lived Papur Newydd Cymraeg, 1836. After that, he lived at Chester (1839), Barmouth (1841), Aberystwyth, and finally Malvern, where he died 11 March 1863. His
HUGHES, HUGH (Cadfan Gwynedd, Hughes Cadfan; 1824 - 1898), one of the Welsh pioneers in Patagonia justice of the peace and, in 1875, governor of the settlement. He adopted the pseudonym Cadfan Gwynedd and was known in the colony as ' Hughes Cadfan.' He died 7 March 1898.
HUGHES, HUGH DERFEL (1816 - 1890), poet Born 7 March 1816 at Melin-y-Cletwr in the parish of Llandderfel, Meirionethshire, son of Hugh Hughes (died 1829) who was the miller there until 1822, when he moved to the village of Llandderfel. He worked on farms here and there for some years but eventually obtained employment as a weigher in the Penrhyn Quarry. He married in 1846 and settled at his wife's home, Pen-dinas, Tre-garth, near
HUGHES, HUGH JOHN (1912 - 1978), schoolteacher, author, editor and reviewer throughout his career. He served in the Army (with the Royal Engineers) during November 1940 - March 1946. The University of Wales Press published his volume Gwerthfawrogi Llenyddiaeth (1959) which consists of 'a selection of poetry and prose chosen as suitable for use as exercises…by senior pupils in secondary schools and first year students in colleges'. As well as being a most useful tool for the
HUGHES, HYWEL STANFORD (1886 - 1970), cattle breeder, benefactor and Welsh nationalist breeding generally and to seek independence for Wales. He died on 19 March 1970 at Bogota and was buried there.
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, JOHN (1615 - 1686), Jesuit Born June 1615, youngest son of Hugh Owen (1575? - 1642) of Gwaenynog. In his younger days he appears to have spent some time with his father in Raglan castle but on 25 December 1636 he became a student at the English College in Rome. He was ordained priest, 16 March 1640-1, and returned to England, 28 September 1643. In 1648 he joined the Society of Jesus at Watten, near S. Omer and in 1650 came
HUGHES, JONATHAN (1721 - 1805), poet Born 17 March 1721 at Pengwern, near Llangollen. He is said to have written poetry at the age of fifteen, and in the course of a long life he produced a large number of poems, mainly of the type common in the 18th century, i.e. poems containing a good deal of cynghanedd and intended to be sung to the popular melodies of the time. Such poems by him appear regularly in the almanacs published by
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 (1811 - 1892), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born 25 March 1811 at Bodgared, Llanwnda, Caernarfonshire; his father, a tenant-farmer who moved from holding to holding during the son's early life, finally settled at Moelfre Fawr, Llanaelhaearn, dying there at ninety-five. The boy had little schooling (he was for a while taught by David Thomas (Dafydd Ddu Eryri, 1759 - 1822), but gained local fame as a wood-carver. In 1830 he walked up to
HUGHES, ROBERT GWILYM (1910 - 1997), poet and minister with the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist denomination Calvinistic Chapel in Holyhead and he moved there in March 1948. This was a delight to him as he could enjoy fellowship with a number of Welsh poets, some from his college days, like Huw Llewellyn Williams and O. M. Lloyd, others who had strong links with the denomination, such as the Reverend J. O. Jones (Hyfreithon) and Alun Puleston Jones. He also became a staunch friend of a local solicitor, Cledwyn

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