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HAINES, WILLIAM ( 1853 - 1922 ), local historian and bibliographer

HALL, BENJAMIN ( 1778 - 1817 ), industrialist

HALL, BENJAMIN ( 1802 - 1867 ), , son of the above.

HALL, GEORGE HENRY ( 1881 - 1965 ), (created 1946 ), politician

HALL, RICHARD ( 1817 - 1866 ), poet ,

HAMER, EDWARD ( c. 1840 — 1911 ), antiquary

HAMER,Sir GEORGE FREDERICK ( 1885 - 1965 ), industrialist and public figure

HANBURY family, of Pontypool , industrialists ;

HANMER family of Hanmer , Bettisfield , Fens and Halton , Flints. , and Pentre-pant , Salop .

HANSON, CARL AUGUST ( 1872 - 1961 ), first head of the bindery at the National Library of Wales

HARDING,Sir JOHN DORNEY ( 1809 - 1868 ), Queen's Advocate

HARKER, EDWARD (‘ Isnant ’ 1866 - 1969 ), quarryman, poet and preacher (Congl.)

HARLEY family, of Brampton Bryan and Wigmore (Herefs.) , later

HARRI, EDWARD ( 1752? - 1837 ), poet and weaver

HARRIES, DAVID ( 1747 - 1834 ), musician

HARRIES, EVAN ( 1786 - 1861 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

HARRIES, HENRY (d. 1862 ), astrologer, medicine-man, and conjurer

HARRIES, ISAAC HARDING (d. c. 1868 ), Independent minister, and editor of periodicals .

HARRIES ( HARRIS , HARRY ), JOHN ( 1722 - 1788 ), ‘of Ambleston ’, Pembs. , early Methodist exhorter

HARRI MASTR or ‘Syr’ HARRI ( 15th cent. ), poet ,

HARRIS, GRIFFITH ( 1811 - 1892 ), musician

HARRIS, HOWEL(L) ( 1714 - 1773 ), religious reformer .

HARRIS, JOHN ( 1680 - 1738 ), bishop of Llandaff

HARRIS, JOHN ( 1704 - 1763 ), ‘of S. Kennox ’ ( Llawhaden, Pembs. ), Methodist and Moravian exhorter —

HARRIS, JOHN RYLAND ( Ieuan Ddu , 1802 - 1823 )

HARRIS, JOSEPH ( 1704 - 1764 ), Assay-master at the Mint ,

HARRIS, JOSEPH ( Gomer , 1773 - 1825 ), Baptist minister, and man of letters

HARRISON, RICHARD ( 1743 - 1830 ), Wesleyan Methodist local preacher

HARRIS, SOLOMON ( 1726 - 1785 ), Arian minister and Academy tutor

HARRIS, THOMAS ( 1705 - 1782 ),

HARRIS, WILLIAM HENRY ( 1884 - 1956 ), priest, Professor of Welsh, St. David's College, Lampeter

HARRI or HARRY , WILLIAM ( Gwilym Garw-dyle , 1763 - 1844 ), poet

HARRY, GEORGE OWEN (or OWEN, GEORGE ) ( c. 1553 - c. 1614 ), antiquary .

HARRY, JOSEPH ( 1863 - 1950 ), schoolmaster and Independent minister

HARRY, MILES ( 1700 - 1776 ), Baptist minister

HARRY, NUN MORGAN ( 1800 - 1842 ), Independent minister

HARTLAND, EDWIN SIDNEY ( 1848 - 1927 ), one of the founders of the modern science of folklore

HARTSHORN, VERNON ( 1872 - 1931 ), Labour leader, M.P., and Cabinet Minister .

HASSALL, CHARLES ( 1754 - 1814 ), land agent and surveyor

HATTON, JULIA ANN (‘ Ann of Swansea ’, 1764 - 1838 ), poet and novelist

HAVARD, WILLIAM THOMAS ( 1889 - 1956 ), bishop

HAWYS (HAWISE) GADARN (‘ the Hardy ’) ( 1291 - ante 1353 ),

HAYCOCK, BLODWEN MYFANWY ( 1913 - 1963 ), artist and author

HAYDEN, HENRY SAMUEL ( 1805 - 1860 ), organist

HEATH, CHARLES ( 1761 - 1830 ), printer

HEMANS (née BROWNE ), FELICIA DOROTHEA ( 1793 - 1835 ), poet

HEMP, WILFRID JAMES ( 1882 - 1962 ), archaeologist

HENRY VII ( 1457 - 1509 ), king of England

HENRY, JOHN ( 1859 - 1914 ), musician

HENRY, PHILIP ( 1631 - 1696 ), Presbyterian minister and diarist

HENRY, THOMAS ( 1734 - 1816 ), apothecary, physician, and chemist

POWIS, earls of ( HERBERT ) .

HERBERT family, of Montgomery , Parke , Blackhall , Dolguog , Cherbury , Aston , etc.

HERBERTfamily, earls of Pembroke (second creation) .

HERBERT, DAVID ( 1762 - 1835 ), Evangelical cleric ,

HERBERT, EDWARD ( 1583 - 1648 ), 1st baron Herbert of Cherbury

HERBERT, GEORGE ( 1593 - 1633 ), cleric and poet

HERBERT, HENRY ( 1617 - 1656 ) Parliamentary soldier and statesman ,

HERBERT,Sir JOHN ( 1550 - 1617 ), civil lawyer, diplomat and secretary of state,

HERBERT, WILLIAM (d. 1469 ), , soldier and statesman

HERBERT,Sir WILLIAM (d. 1593 ), Irish planter and Welsh educational pioneer ,

HERBERT, WILLIAM ( 1460 - 1491 ),

HERBERT, WILLIAM REGINALD ( WILLIAM REGINALD HERBERT HUDDLESTON from 1920 1841 - 1929 ), sportsman, huntsman and rider of racehorses

HERRING, JOHN ( 1789 - 1832 ), Baptist minister

HEYLIN ( HEILYN or HEYLYN ), ROWLAND ( 1562? - 1631 ), publisher of Welsh books

HICKS, HENRY ( 1837 - 1899 ), physician and geologist

HIGGS, DANIEL (d. 1691 ), Puritan minister

HILEY, FRANCIS ( 1781 - 1860 ), Baptist minister

HILL family, of the Plymouth iron-works, Merthyr Tydfil .

HILLS-JOHNES Sir JAMES ( 1833 - 1919 ), general

HINDE, CHARLES THOMAS EDWARD ( 1820 - 1870 ), major general

HININ FARDD ( 1360? - 1420 ), a writer of prophecies .

HOARE,Sir RICHARD COLT ( 1758 - 1838 ), 2nd baronet, historian and antiquary .

HOBLEY, WILLIAM ( 1858 - 1933 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author

HODGES, JEHOIADA ( 1877? - 1930 ), Wales and Newport Rugby forward

HODGES, JOHN ( 1700? - 1777 ), cleric .

HOGGAN, FRANCES ELIZABETH ( 1843 - 1927 ), physician

HOLBACHE ( HOLBECHE , etc.), DAVID ( fl. 1377-1423 ), lawyer, founder of Oswestry Grammar School .

HOLLAND family, of Berw , Anglesey .

HOLLAND families:

HOLLAND, HUGH ( 1569 - 1633 ), poet and traveller

HOLLAND, ROBERT ( 1556/7 - 1622? ), cleric, author, and translator

HOLLAND, SAMUEL ( 1803 - 1892 ), a pioneer of the North Wales slate industry and chief promoter of the establishment of Dr. Williams's school for girls at Dolgelley

HOLLAND, WILLIAM ( 1711 - 1761 ), early Methodist and Moravian

HOMFRAY family, of Penydarren , Merthyr Tydfil , iron-masters , etc.

HOOSON, ISAAC DANIEL ( 1880 - 1948 ), solicitor and poet

HOOSON, JOHN ( 1883 - 1969 ), teacher, scholar

HOPCYN ap TOMAS ( c. 1330 -after 1403 ), gentleman ,

HOPCYN, WILIAM ( 1700 - 1741 ), a poet

HOPE, WILLIAM ( fl. 1765 ), ‘ y Bardd Byddar ’ (‘ the deaf poet ’),

HOPKIN, LEWIS ( c. 1708 - 1771 ), poet

HOPKINS, EVAN ( [1801]? - 1888 ), geologist

HOPKINS, WILLIAM ( 1706 - 1786 ) cleric and author

HORSFALL TURNER, ERNEST RICHMOND ( 1870 - 1936 ), schoolmaster and local historian

HOWARD, JAMES HENRY ( 1876 - 1947 ), preacher, author and socialist

HOWEL, HARRI ( fl. 1637-1671 ), bard

HOWELL, DAVID ( 1797 - 1873 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

HOWELL, DAVID ( Llawdden , 1831 - 1903 ), dean

HOWELL, GWILYM or WILLIAM ( 1705 - 1775 ), almanac-maker and poet .

HOWELL, JAMES ( 1594? - 1666 ), author

HOWELL, JENKIN ( 1836 - 1902 ), printer, writer, musician

HOWELL, JOHN ( Ioan ab Hywel or Ioan Glandyfroedd> , 1774 - 1830 ), weaver, schoolmaster, poet, editor, and musician

HOWELL, JOHN HENRY ( 1869 - 1944 ), pioneer of technical education in New Zealand

HOWELL, LLEWELYN DAVID ( 1812 - 1864 ), Congregational minister, author, and eisteddfodwr

HOWELLS, ELISEUS ( 1893 - 1969 ), minister (Presb.), and author

HOWELLS, GEORGE ( 1871 - 1955 ), principal of Serampore College, India

HOWELLS, HOWELL ( 1750 - 1842 ), Methodist cleric

HOWELLS, MORGAN ( 1794 - 1852 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

HOWELLS, REES ( 1879 - 1950 ), missionary and founder of the Bible College, Swansea

HOWELLS, THOMAS ( Hywel Cynon , 1839 - 1905 ), collier, printer, poet, preacher, and musician

HOWELLS, WILLIAM ( 1818 - 1888 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister and second principal of Trevecka College

HOWELL, THOMAS (d. 1540? ), philanthropist ,

HOWELL, THOMAS ( 1588 - 1646 ), bishop

HOWELL, THOMAS FRANCIS ( 1864 - 1953 ), businessman and barrister

HOWELL, WILLIAM ( 1740 - 1822 ), Arian minister and Academy tutor

HOWELS, WILLIAM ( 1778 - 1832 ), Evangelical cleric

HOYLE, WILLIAM EVANS ( 1855 - 1926 ), first director of the National Museum of Wales

HUDSON-WILLIAMS, THOMAS ( 1873 - 1961 ), scholar and translator

HUET, THOMAS (d. 1591 ), Biblical translator .

HUGHES, ALFRED WILLIAM ( 1861 - 1900 ), surgeon and professor

HUGHES, ANNIE HARRIET ( Gwyneth Vaughan , 1852 - 1910 ), writer

HUGHES, ARTHUR ( 1878 - 1965 ), writer

HUGHES, CHARLES ( 1823 - 1886 ), publisher

HUGHES, DAVID (d. 1609 ) founder of Beaumaris grammar school

HUGHES, DAVID ( EOS IAL ) ( 1794? - 1862 ), poet and publisher .

HUGHES, DAVID ( 1785 - 1850 ), cleric and author

HUGHES, DAVID ( 1800 - 1849 ), Independent minister

HUGHES, DAVID ( Cristiolus Môn , 1810 - 1881 ), musician

HUGHES, DAVID ( 1813 - 1872 ), Independent minister, and author

HUGHES, DAVID EDWARD ( 1831 - 1900 ), physicist and inventor

HUGHES, DAVID ROWLAND (‘ Myfyr Eifion ’: 1874 - 1953 ), secretary of the National Eisteddfod

HUGHES, EDWARD (‘ Eos Maldwyn ’ d. 1862 ), harpist

HUGHES, EDWARD (‘ Y Dryw ’ 1772 - 1850 ), eisteddfodic poet

HUGHES, EDWARD ( 1856 - 1925 ), general secretary and agent of the North Wales Miners Association

HUGHES, EDWARD DAVID ( 1906 - 1963 ), scientist and Professor of Chemistry in London University

HUGHES, EDWARD ERNEST ( 1877 - 1953 ), first Professor of history at the University College, Swansea, and a notable intermediary between the university and the public

HUGHES, ELIZABETH PHILLIPS ( 1851 - 1925 ), educationalist

HUGHES, EMRYS DANIEL ( 1894 - 1969 ), politician, journalist and author

HUGHES, EVAN (‘ Hughes Fawr ’ d. 1800 ), cleric and author .

HUGHES, EZEKIEL ( 1766 - 1849 ), one of the early Welsh settlers in the far west of the U.S.A.

HUGHES, GARFIELD HOPKIN ( 1912 - 1969 ), university lecturer and Welsh scholar

HUGHES, GRIFFITH ( fl. 1707-1750 ), cleric and naturalist

HUGHES, GRIFFITH ( 1775 - 1839 ), Congregational minister

HUGHES, GRIFFITH WILLIAM ( 1861 - 1941 ), accountant and musician

HUGHES, HENRY ( 1841 - 1924 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister and historian

HUGHES, HENRY BAILEY ( 1833 - 1887 ), Roman Catholic priest

HUGHES, HENRY HAROLD ( 1864 - 1940 ), archaeologist

HUGHES, HENRY MALDWYN ( 1875 - 1940 ), Wesleyan minister and theologian

HUGHES, HOWEL HARRIS ( 1873 - 1956 ), minister (Presb.), principal of the Theological College, Aberystwyth

HUGHES, HUGH ( 1693 - 1776 ‘ Huw ap Huw ’ or ‘ Y Bardd Coch o Fôn ’), gentleman and poet ,

HUGHES, HUGH ( 1778 - 1855 ), Wesleyan minister

HUGHES, HUGH ( 1790 - 1863 ), artist and author

HUGHES, HUGH ( Tegai 1805 - 1864 ), Independent minister and man of letters

HUGHES, HUGH ( Cadfan Gwynedd or ‘ Hughes Cadfan ’ 1824 - 1898 ), one of the Welsh pioneers in Patagonia

HUGHES, HUGH (BRYTHON) ( 1848 - 1913 ), school-teacher and author

HUGHES, HUGH DERFEL ( 1816 - 1890 ), poet

HUGHES, HUGH JOHN ( 1828? - 1872 ), author and musician in U.S.A.

HUGHES, HUGH MICHAEL ( 1858 - 1933 ), Independent minister

HUGHES, HUGH PRICE ( 1847 - 1902 ), Wesleyan Methodist minister

HUGHES, HUGH ROBERT ( 1827 - 1911 ), of Kinmel and Dinorben , genealogist

HUGHES, HYWEL STANFORD ( 1886 - 1970 ), cattle breeder, benefactor and Welsh nationalist

HUGHES, ISAAC ( Craigfryn 1852 - 1928 ), novelist

HUGHES, JAMES ( Iago Trichrug 1779 - 1844 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and Bible commentator

HUGHES, JAMES BILSLAND ( Iago Bencerdd 1831 - 1878 ), harpist

HUGHES, JANE ( fl. c . 1840-1880 ), hymnist

HUGHES, JOHN or HUGH OWEN ( 1615 - 1686 ), Jesuit

HUGHES, JOHN ( 1775 - 1854 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, author, and hymn-writer

HUGHES, JOHN ( 1776 - 1843 ), Wesleyan minister, and antiquary

HUGHES, JOHN ( 1787 - 1860 ), archdeacon, Evangelical cleric, and writer

HUGHES, JOHN ( 1791 -?), musician .

HUGHES, JOHN ( 1796 - 1860 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author

HUGHES, JOHN ( 1814 - 1889 ), engineer and pioneer of iron-works in Russia

HUGHES, JOHN ( 1827 - 1893 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

HUGHES, JOHN ( Glanystwyth 1842 - 1902 ), Wesleyan minister

HUGHES, JOHN ( 1850 - 1932 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister, author, and poet

HUGHES, JOHN ( 1873 - 1932 ), composer of the hymn-tune ‘Cwm Rhondda’

HUGHES, JOHN ( 1896 - 1968 ), musician

HUGHES, JOHN (CEIRIOG) ( Ceiriog 1832 - 1887 ), poet

HUGHES, JOHN EDWARD ( 1879 - 1959 ), minister (Presb.) and author

HUGHES, JOHN EVAN ( 1865 - 1932 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister and editor

HUGHES, JOHN GRUFFYDD MOELWYN ( 1866 - 1944 ), a Calvinistic Methodist minister

HUGHES, JOHN HENRY ( Ieuan o Leyn 1814 - 1893 ), Congregational minister and poet

HUGHES, JOHN JAMES ( Alfardd 1842 - 1875 ), journalist

HUGHES, JOHN RICHARD ( 1828 - 1893 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister and celebrated evangelist

HUGHES, JOHN WILLIAM ( 1817 - 1849 ), who called himself ‘ Edeyrn ap Nudd ’, afterwards ‘ Edeyrn o Fôn ’ a literary tramp .

HUGHES, JONATHAN ( 1721 - 1805 ), poet

HUGHES, JOSEPH ( Carn Ingli 1803 - 1863 ), cleric and eisteddfodic poet

HUGHES, JOSEPH TUDOR ( Blegwryd 1827 - 1841 ), boy harpist ,

HUGHES, JOSHUA ( 1807 - 1889 ), bishop

HUGHES, LOT ( 1787 - 1873 ), Wesleyan minister and historian

HUGHES, ( ROBERTS ), MARGARET (‘ Leila Megáne ’ 1891 - 1960 ), singer

HUGHES, MEGAN WATTS ( 1842 - 1907 ), vocalist

HUGHES, MICHAEL ( 1752 - 1825 ), industrialist ,

HUGHES, OWEN (‘ Yr Arian Mawr ’ d. 1708 ), a Beaumaris attorney ,

HUGHES, OWEN (‘ Glasgoed ’ 1879 - 1947 ), railway official, businessman and poet

HUGHES, RICHARD (d. 1618 ), poet

HUGHES, RICHARD ( 1794 - 1871 ), printer and publisher

HUGHES, RICHARD SAMUEL ( 1855 - 1893 ), musician

HUGHES, RICHARD SAMUEL ( 1888 - 1952 ), minister (Presb.), and college tutor

HUGHES, ROBERT ( Robin Ddu yr Ail o Fôn 1744 - 1785 ), poet

HUGHES, ROBERT ( 1811 - 1892 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

HUGHES, ROBERT OWEN ( Elfyn 1858 - 1919 ), journalist and poet

HUGHES, ROBERT RICHARD ( 1871 - 1957 ), minister (Presb.), and author

HUGHES, ROWLAND ( 1811 - 1861 ), Wesleyan minister

HUGHES, STEPHEN ( 1622 - 1688 ), early Nonconformist

HUGHES, THOMAS ( 1758 - 1828 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister , of Liverpool ,

HUGHES, THOMAS ( Glan Pherath 1803 - 1898 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

HUGHES, THOMAS ( 1814 - 1884 ), Wesleyan minister

HUGHES, THOMAS ( 1854 - 1928 ), Wesleyan minister

HUGHES, THOMAS HYWEL ( 1875 - 1945 ), Congregational minister, theologian, and philosopher

HUGHES, THOMAS ISFRYN ( 1865 - 1942 ), Wesleyan minister

HUGHES, THOMAS JOHN ( Adfyfr 1853 - 1927 ), journalist

HUGHES, THOMAS JONES ( 1822 - 1891 ), cleric and grammarian

HUGHES, THOMAS MCKENNY ( 1832 - 1917 ), geologist

HUGHES, THOMAS ROWLAND ( 1903 - 1949 ), poet and novelist

HUGHES, WILLIAM (d. 1794? ), clock-maker in London .

HUGHES, WILLIAM (d. 1600 ), bishop of S. Asaph

HUGHES, WILLIAM ( 1757 - 1846 ), Independent minister, hymn-writer, and composer

HUGHES, WILLIAM ( 1779 - 1836 ), engineer

HUGHES, WILLIAM ( 1798 - 1866 ), harpist

HUGHES, WILLIAM ( 1838 - 1921 ), printer and publisher

HUGHES, WILLIAM ( 1849 - 1920 ), cleric and author

HUGHES, WILLIAM BULKELEY ( 1797 - 1882 ), Member of Parliament

HUGHES, WILLIAM JOHN ( 1833 - 1879 ), musician and schoolmaster

HUGHES, WILLIAM JOHN ( 1891 - 1945 ), school teacher and college lecturer

HUGHES, WILLIAM MELOCH ( 1860 - 1926 ), colonist and writer

HUGHES, WILLIAM ROBERT ( 1798? - 1879 ), healer of cancer and cancerous warts

HUGHES, WILLIAM ROGER ( 1898 - 1958 ), cleric and poet

HUMPHREYS, BENJAMIN ( 1856 - 1934 ), Baptist minister

HUMPHREYS, DAVID ( 1813 - 1866 ), minister (CM)

HUMPHREYS, EDWARD MORGAN ( 1882 - 1955 ), journalist, writer and broadcaster

HUMPHREYS, EDWARD OWEN ( 1899 - 1959 ), educationalist

HUMPHREYS, GEORGE ( 1747? - 1813 ), sexton, poet ,

HUMPHREYS, HENRY ( fl. 1819-1824 ), harpist

HUMPHREYS, HUGH ( 1817 - 1896 ), printer and publisher

HUMPHREYS, HUMPHREY ( 1648 - 1712 ), bishop, antiquary, historian, and genealogist

HUMPHREYS, JAMES ( c. 1768 - 1830 ), legal writer

HUMPHREYS, JOHN ( 1767 - 1829 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author

HUMPHREYS-OWEN, ARTHUR CHARLES ( 1836 - 1905 ), Member of Parliament

HUMPHREYS, RICHARD ( 1790 - 1863 ), Calvinistic Methodist minister

HUMPHREYS, RICHARD GRIFFITH ( Rhisiart o Fadog 1848 - 1924 ), journalist

HUMPHREYS, RICHARD MACHNO ( 1852 - 1904 ), Baptist minister

HUMPHREYS, ROBERT (or RHOBERT RHAGAT ) ( fl. c. 1720 ), poet ,

HUMPHREYS, ROBERT ( 1779 - 1832 ), Wesleyan minister

HUMPHREYS (later HUMPHREYS-DEVONPORT ),Sir SALUSBURY PRYCE ( 1778 - 1845 ), rear-admiral

HUMPHREYS, THOMAS JONES ( 1841 - 1934 ), Wesleyan minister

HUW ap DAFYDD ( fl. 1550-1628 ), poet .

HUW ap DAFYDD ap LLYWELYN ap MADOG (or HUW LLWYD ap DAFYDD ap LLYWELYN ap MADOG , according to Llanst. MS. 125 (439)) ( fl. c. 1526-1580 ), a poet

HUW ap MORUS ( fl. 1568 ), harpist .

HUW ap RHISIART ap DAFYDD ( fl. second half of 16th cent. ), of Cefn Llanfair , Llŷn, Caerns. , bard ,

HUW ap RHYS WYN ( fl. c. 1550 ), poet and member of the landed family

HUW ARWYSTLI ( fl. 1550 ), poet .

HUW BODWRDA or HUW ap RICHARD ap SION ap MADOG , of Bodwrda, Caerns. ( fl. 1566 ), gentleman, bard, and patron of bards .

HUW CAE LLWYD ( fl. 1431-1504 ), poet ,

HUW CEIRIOG ( fl. c. 1560-1600 ), poet ,

HUW CORNWY ( fl. 1580-1596 ), bard

HUW DAFI ( 15th-16th cent. ), bard .

HUW DAI ( fl. 1568 ), harpist .

HUW LLIFON ( fl. c. 1570-1607 ), poet and sexton

HUW LLYN ( fl. c. 1552-1594 ), poet ,

HUW MACHNO ( fl. 1585-1637 ), poet ,

HUW MENAI ( fl. 16th c. ), musician

HUW PENNAL ( fl. 15th cent. ), poet

HUW PENNANT ( fl. c. 1565-1619 ), poet ,

HUW PENNANT (‘Syr ’) ( fl. during the second half of the 15th cent. ), cleric, poet, and antiquary

HUW, ROLANT ( 1714 - 1802 ), poet ,

HUWS, MORIEN MON ( Morien Môn 1856 - 1932 ), Nonconformist minister and poet

HUWS, RHYS JONES ( 1862 - 1917 ), Independent minister

HUWS, WILLIAM PARI ( 1853 - 1936 ), Independent minister

HUW TALAI ( fl. c. 1550-1580 ), poet

HUW, THOMAS ( fl. c. 1574-1606 ), poet

HUXLEY, THOMAS ( fl. 1765-1788 ), printer .

HWMFFRE ap HYWEL, or HWMFFRE HYWEL ( fl. during the first half of the 17th cent. ), poet

HYWEL ab EDWIN (d. 1044 ), king of Deheubarth

HYWEL ab EINION LLYGLIW ( fl. c. 1330-1370 ), poet

HYWEL ab OWAIN GWYNEDD (d. 1170 ), soldier and poet

HYWEL AERDDREN or AEDDREN or AEDDREM ( fl. c. 1540-1570? ), a poet

HYWEL ap DAFYDD ap IEUAN ap RHYS ( HYWEL DAFI of Raglan , according to Pen. MS. 101 (262)) ( fl. c. 1450-1480 ), a poet

HYWEL ap DAFYDD LLWYD ab Y GOF ( fl. c. 1500 ), poet

HYWEL ap GRUFFYDD or SYR HYWEL Y FWYALL (of the Battleaxe) (d. c. 1381 ),

HYWEL ap GRUFFYDD ap IORWERTH , or SYR HYWEL Y PEDOLAU (of the Horseshoes) ( fl. c. 1300-1340 ).

HYWEL ap IEUAF (d. 985 ), king of Gwynedd

HYWEL ap LLYWELYN ap MAREDUDD ( fl. c. 1500? ), poet

HYWEL ap RHEINALLT, or HYWEL RHEINALLT ( fl. c. 1471-1494 ), a poet

HYWEL ap RHODRI MOLWYNOG (d. 825 ), king of Gwynedd

HYWEL ap ‘Syr’ MATHEW (d. 1581 ), poet, genealogist, and soldier

HYWEL BANGOR ( fl. 1540 ), an itinerant bard .

HYWEL CILAN ( fl. c. the end of the 15th cent. ), a poet

HYWEL DDA ( Hywel the Good ) (d. 950 ), king and legislator .

HYWEL FOEL ap GRIFFRI ap PWYLL GWYDDEL ( fl. c. 1240-1300 ), a poet ,

HYWEL GETHIN (‘ Hywel Gethin of Celynnog ’ according to the manuscripts) ( fl. c. 1485 ), poet

HYWEL HEILIN or HEILIN FARDD ( fl . 15th c. ), poet

HYWEL HIR ( fl. 1600-1640 ), poet, probably in holy orders .

HYWEL SWRDWAL ( fl. 1430-1460 ), poet .

HYWEL YSTORM (or YSTORYN) , a clerwr or composer of lampoons in the first half of the 14th cent.