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DAVIES, HUGH TUDWAL (1847 - 1915), farmer and poet

Name: Hugh Tudwal Davies
Date of birth: 1847
Date of death: 1915
Gender: Male
Occupation: farmer and poet
Area of activity: Nature and Agriculture; Poetry
Author: William Llewelyn Davies

Born at Mynachdy, Clynnog, Caernarfonshire - he was a nephew of Robert Hughes, Uwchlaw'r Ffynnon (1811 - 1892). At the age of 18 the family moved to Yr Orsedd Fawr, Llangybi; in 1872 he settled in Brynllaeth, Llŷn. He m, a daughter of Capt. John Hughes, Gellidara. He wrote many englynion and a few cywyddau; he won prizes at eisteddfodau held at Pwllheli, 1875, and Caernarvon, 1880 and 1894. His later years were spent at Llwyn'rhudol, Aber-erch. He died in April 1915 at Gellidara and was buried at Penrhos, near Pwllheli.

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Published date: 1959

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