HOWELS
,
WILLIAM
(
1778
-
1832
),
Evangelical cleric
;
b.
Sept. 1778
at
Llwynhelyg
, near
Cowbridge, Glam.
, son of
Samuel
Howels
. He was educated at ‘
Eagle School
,’
Cowbridge
, and
Wadham College
,
Oxford
(but did not graduate). He came into contact with
David
Jones
of
Llan-gan
(q.v.)
whose
curate
he was for some time. On the death of
David
Jones
,
Howels
went to
London
where he became
curate
of
S. Ann
's; he was also appointed
lecturer
at
S. Antholin
's,
Watling Street
. In
1817
he was appointed
minister
of the chapel-of-ease at
Long Acre
, where he remained until he d.
18 Nov. 1832
. He was buried in
Holy Trinity church
,
Islington
. He was a fluent
Evangelical preacher
and his sermons were published in two volumes in
1834-6
.
Bibliography:
-
Y Traethodydd
,
1849
, 156-65;
-
Ch. Bowdler
,
Sermons, etc., of William Howels with a
Memoir
, London, 1834
,
1834-6
;
-
E. Morgan
,
Brief Memoir of William Howels
,
1854
,
1854
.
Author:
Rev. Gomer Morgan Roberts, M.A., (1904-93), Pont-rhyd-y-fen / St
Dogmael's / Llandybïe
