DAVIES
,
HUGH EMYR
(
1878
-
1950
),
minister (Presb.) and poet
;
b.
31 May 1878
at
Brynllaeth
,
Aber-erch, Caerns.
, son of
Tudwal
and
Annie
Davies
. He was educated at
Pwllheli county school
,
Clynnog School
,
U.C.W.
,
Aberystwyth
and
Bala College
. He was ord. in
1909
, and was a
minister
at
Llanddona
,
Anglesey
(
1909-12
),
Lodge
,
Brymbo
and
Ffrith
(
1912-20
), and
Llanfechell
,
Anglesey
(
1920-29
). He was an exceptional
preacher
, but it was as a
poet
that he gained prominence. He won a
chair
at
Pwllheli
when he was 16 yrs. old, and subsequently
won 22 bardic chairs
. He mastered the
cynganeddion
, but it was in the free metres that he excelled. His collected works were published in
1907
under the title
Llwyn Hudol
. His
pryddest
to ‘
Branwen ferch Llŷr
’ won the
crown
at the
Caernarfon national
eisteddfod
(
1906
); and his poem, ‘
Owain Glyndŵr
’ won the
crown
at
Llangollen
(
1908
). He also won a
chair
at the
American national
eisteddfod
in
1929
. He
adjudicated the competition for the crown
many times at the
national
eisteddfod
.
He m.,
1910
,
Sydney Elizabeth
Hughes
of
Bala
, and they had a daughter. After retiring he lived at
Holyhead
and
Menai Bridge
. He d.
21 Nov. 1950
at
Llandegfan
.
Bibliography:
-
Who's who in Wales
(
1937
);
-
Blwyddiadur y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd
,
1951
, 250-1;
-
Y Goleuad
,
13 Dec. 1960
.
Author:
Rev. Gomer Morgan Roberts, M.A., (1904-93), Pont-rhyd-y-fen / St
Dogmael's / Llandybïe
