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HUGHES, THOMAS JONES (1822 - 1891), cleric and grammarian Llanfaes, Anglesey, and, in July 1850, he went as curate to Northop, Flintshire. From there he was preferred, in August 1860, to the vicarage of Llanasa, and he spent ten years there, before moving to Llanfair-Dyffryn-Clwyd. He died at Llanfair, 5 February 1891, and was buried there. He married Eleanor, daughter of W. H. Brown of Chester, on 27 June 1865, and they had one son. Hughes served as diocesan
HUGHES, THOMAS MCKENNY (1832 - 1917), geologist Born at Aberystwyth, 17 December 1832, son of Joshua Hughes, afterwards bishop of St Asaph. Educated at Leamington, Llandovery, and Trinity College, Cambridge, [from which he matriculated in 1853, graduated in 1857, and proceeded M.A. 1867; in 1883 he became Fellow of Clare College.] He became secretary to the British consul at Rome, 1860-1, served on the Geological Survey 1861-73, and succeeded
HUGHES, THOMAS ROWLAND (1903 - 1949), poet and novelist Born 17 April 1903, at 20 Goodman Street, Llanberis, Caernarfonshire son of William Rowland Hughes and his wife May, daughter of Thomas Morydd Owen. He was educated at Dolbadarn primary school, Brynrefail county school, and the University College, Bangor, where he graduated in 1925 with first class honours in English and Welsh. In September 1926 he became a teacher at the county school for boys
HUGHES, VYRNWY, journalist - gweler HUGHES, HYWEL STANFORD
HUGHES, WILLIAM (1757 - 1846), Independent minister, hymn-writer, and composer Second son of Hugh Jones and Jane Williams (widow) of Gadlys, Llanwnda, Caernarfonshire; he was christened 25 June 1757. He married Jane Jones, 20 February 1783, at Llanwnda, where too their son John was christened, 2 December 1784. He joined the Independents at Caernarvon when George Lewis was resuscitating Independency there, and in 1788 was set apart to be a lay preacher. After the departure
HUGHES, WILLIAM (1838 - 1921), printer and publisher congregational music, is greatly in the debt of William Hughes. It was he who ventured to publish, after it had been rejected by other publishers, the work of John Ambrose Lloyd, viz. Aberth Moliant, Gweddi Habacu c, and almost all his anthems; he also published ' Ystorm Tiberias,' the oratorio by Edward Stephen (Tanymarian), besides several anthems by the same composer. He started a weekly newspaper, Y Dydd
HUGHES, WILLIAM (bu farw 1600), bishop of St Asaph
HUGHES, WILLIAM (1849 - 1920), cleric and author Born 11 February 1849 at Bangor, son of David Hughes, master mariner, and Elizabeth his wife. Educated at S. David's College, Lampeter, he was curate of Glasinfryn 1872-5, chaplain of the Welsh church at Chester 1875-80, and vicar of Llanuwchllyn from 1880 till his death there on 29 March 1920; he married Mary Thomas, and had several children. He was a most diligent historical writer; of his
HUGHES, WILLIAM (bu farw 1794?), clock-maker Grosvenor Street. Hughes was a member of the Cymmrodorion Society from the very start, and a vice-president in 1759. He was a friend of Robert Hughes (1744 - 1785). See Cymm., 1951, 65 (and appendices) and Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, vi, 234.
HUGHES, WILLIAM (1798 - 1866), harpist
HUGHES, WILLIAM (1779 - 1836), engineer
HUGHES, WILLIAM BULKELEY (1797 - 1882), Member of Parliament Born 26 July 1797, eldest son of Sir William Bulkeley Hughes of Plas Coch, Llanidan, Anglesey, and Brynddu, Llanfechell, and Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Rice Thomas of Coed Alun, Caernarvon. His family, which claimed descent from Llywarch ap Bran, lord of Menai, had since the middle of the 15th century played a leading part in the local administration of Anglesey. Hugh Hughes (died 1609

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