HUGHES
,
HENRY BAILEY
(
1833
-
1887
),
Roman Catholic priest
;
b. at
Caernarvon
,
1833
, where his father,
Howell
Hughes
, was
curate
, afterwards
rector
of
Trefriw
(
1833-9
) and of
Rhoscolyn
,
Anglesey
(
1839-48
).
Henry Bailey
Hughes
joined the
Roman Catholic Church
when he was about sixteen. He studied at the
Dominican College
in
Lisbon
and, after entering the priesthood, travelled as a
missioner
in
Europe
,
Africa
, and the
United States
. On returning to
Wales
he lived for a time on the
island of S. Tudwal
, off the
Caernarvonshire coast
, and
preached
in
Llŷn
and other places in
Caernarvonshire
. He
wrote Welsh hymns and ballads
. He d.
16 Dec. 1887
.
Bibliography:
-
Enwogion Cymru. A Biographical Dictionary of
Eminent Welshmen
, 1852
;
-
J. H. Matthews
,
A Sketch of the Life and Labours of Father
Hughes
, 1890
,
1890
;
-
Eminent Welshmen
, 1908
;
-
J. Jones (‘Myrddin Fardd’)
,
Enwogion Sir Gaernarfon
, 1922
.
Author:
Edward Morgan Humphreys, O.B.E., M.A., (1882-1955), Caernarfon
