PUGH, JOHN (1744 - 1799), Evangelical cleric

Name: John Pugh
Date of birth: 1744
Date of death: 1799
Parent: Jane Pugh
Parent: Hugh Pugh
Gender: Male
Occupation: Evangelical cleric
Area of activity: Religion
Author: Daniel Williams

Born at Dolgelley, second son of Hugh and Jane Pugh, and brother to David Pugh and Robert Pugh. He was educated at Hertford College, Oxford, 1767, graduating in 1771. He was vicar of Rauceby and Cranwell, Lincs, from 1771 until his death. His friend, Joseph Jane, the Evangelical cleric of Iron Acton (1795), left him the greater part of his wealth; much of this Pugh himself bequeathed to Evangelical movements in Wales. He died 26 April 1799.

Author

Reverend Daniel Williams, (1878 - 1968)

Sources

Foster, Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886
The life and times of Selina, countess of Huntingdon (London 1839), i, 421-2
R. Hill, Pietas Oxoniensis or, a full and impartial account of the expulsion of six students from St. Edmund Hall, Oxford (London 1768), 1768.

Additional Links

Wikidata: Q20804724

Published date: 1959

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