HUGHES
,
THOMAS JOHN
(
Adfyfr
;
1853
-
1927
),
journalist
;
b. at
Bridgend
in
1853
, son of the
Rev.
Thomas
Hughes
of
Miskin village, Glam.
He became a
journalist
and
represented a number of English daily newspapers
in
Wales
. Some of his articles on the Welsh magistracy and landlordism in
Wales
were re-published by the
Welsh National Liberal Federation
. At one time he was
private secretary
to
Alfred
Thomas
,
1st baron Pontypridd
(q.v.)
, and he was the first
editor of the monthly magazine
Cymru Fydd
. His work as a
shorthand writer
brought him into touch with many activities in
South Wales
, and after the passing of the
Bankruptcy Act
,
1894
, he was
official shorthand writer to the bankruptcy court
at
Pontypridd
. For some years he was a
sub-editor
of the
South Wales News
, and local representative for that paper. By his wife, who survived him, he had six sons and six daughters. He d. at
Pontypridd
,
24 Oct. 1927
, and was buried in
Glyntâf
cemetery.
Bibliography:
-
The Pontypridd Observer
,
29 Oct. 1927
;
-
South Wales Daily News
,
25 Oct. 1927
;
- personal enquiries.
Author:
Thomas Iorwerth Ellis, M.A., (1899-1970), Aberystwyth
