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HOWELLS, GEORGE (1871 - 1955), principal of Serampore College, India Born 11 May 1871 at Llandafal Farm, Cwm, Monmouthshire, the son of George William and Jane Howells. He received his early education at the Board School, Cwm, and later went to the Grammar School, Pengam. Having won the Ward Scholarship, he entered Regent's Park Baptist College, London. He graduated at the University of London, and then pursued his studies in Oxford at Mansfield and Jesus Colleges
HOWELLS, THOMAS (Hywel Cynon; 1839 - 1905), collier, printer, poet, preacher, and musician Born 12 October 1839, at Glyn Neath, Glamorganshire. The family moved to Rhymney and the son began to work as a collier's boy when he was only seven years old. Later, at Aberaman, whither the family had moved from Rhymney, he was able to receive some education and he began to attend an evening class conducted by the Rev. John Davies. In 1858 John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt) came to Aberdare and Hywel
HOWELLS, WILLIAM (1818 - 1888), Calvinistic Methodist minister and second principal of Trevecka College
HOWELS, WILLIAM (1778 - 1832), Evangelical cleric
HOYLE, WILLIAM EVANS (1855 - 1926), first director of the National Museum of Wales Born 28 January 1855 at Manchester, son of William Jennings Hoyle. He was educated at Owens College and at [ Exeter College and afterwards at] Christ Church, Oxford (B.A. 1877, M.A. 1882, D.Sc.); he was also M.R.C.S. From 1889 to 1909 he was director of the Manchester Museum, and from 1909 till his retirement in 1924, director of the National Museum of Wales, where there is a portrait in oils. He
HUDDLESTON, WILLIAM REGINALD HERBERT - gweler HERBERT, WILLIAM REGINALD
HUGHES, ALFRED WILLIAM (1861 - 1900), surgeon and professor
HUGHES, ARWEL (1909 - 1988), musician Arwel Hughes was born on 25 August 1909 at 'Arwelfa', Rhosllannerchrugog, one of nine children of William and Catherine Hughes. His older brother was the musician John Hughes (1896-1968). He was educated at Ruabon Grammar School and the Royal College of Music in London, where he studied composition with C. H. Kitson and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Following a period as organist at St Margaret's
HUGHES, CLEDWYN (BARON CLEDWYN OF PENRHOS), (1916 - 2001), politician College of North Wales at Bangor in 1995. After 1979, his greatest service to Wales came in 1982 when he played a leading part in persuading William Whitelaw to change government policy and to allow a Welsh language television service. Following his resignation as leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords, Lord Cledwyn attended the House regularly and spoke, in the main, on Welsh subjects. He
HUGHES, DAVID ROWLAND (Myfyr Eifion; 1874 - 1953), secretary of the National Eisteddfod Born 9 September 1874 at Maesglas, Holywell, Flintshire, son of the station-master William Hughes and Elizabeth his wife. He was educated at Porthmadog and Bangor elementary schools; Llandudno Collegiate School (1888-91); and the University of Wales colleges at Bangor (1891-92) and Aberystwyth, though he had to leave before completing his course to earn his living. He taught for a year at his old
HUGHES, DEWI ARWEL (1947 - 2017), Christian leader and theologian in the Religious Studies Department at the Polytechnic of Wales. Dewi and Maggie raised five children there - Rebecca Rhian, Daniel Rhodri, Steffan William, Anna Mari and Lydia Ruth. Dewi was an elder at Temple Baptist Church, Pontypridd. He was also a keen supporter of Welsh Education and served for many years on the Governing Boards of Pont Siôn Norton Welsh Primary School and Rhydfelen High
HUGHES, EDWARD (1856 - 1925), general secretary and agent of the North Wales Miners Association colliery, Mostyn. At nineteen he walked to Liverpool in order to get a train to the Durham coalfield where he obtained employment at Easington colliery. In 1877 he was married at Easington to Elizabeth, daughter of William and Sarah Hughes, of Lloc, in the parish of Whitford, Flintshire; they had one son and two daughters. Whilst he was working at Easington, a general strike occurred in the county of

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