Reverend John William Conway Hughes

[queenie3]

I am trying to find out more about this gentleman who was at one time residing in Keswick, Cumberland.
All I know of him was that he was once the chaplain to the Duke Of Manchester and may have served as a army chaplain on Cofu, Greece. He may also have been a vicar in Nydd, Leeds but I am unsure whether this is 'my' John Conway Hughes or another of same name.
I really would like to find out when he was born, who he was married to, the names and birth dates of his children and when he died.
I know this is asking a lot but if some kind soul could fill the gaps in my knowledge I would be grateful.

[gortonboy]

Hi,,,There is a mention of a john william conway hughes as the curate in a post office directory of 1851 in ashurst,west sussex. Could this be him?
He can be seen in the 1851 census

[gortonboy]

 september 1848

john william conway hughes
sarah ann mcdonald james  Southampton 7  266

[queenie3]

Hi gortonboy
Yes I do believe this is him.
The reason I am trying to track him and his family is because one of his children was my great grandmother. I do believe that there were several other daughters and a son.
Thank you very much.

[gortonboy]

what was your great grandmothers name?  when and where was she born ? 

[sillgen]

He appears in Crockfords Clerical Directory for 1865 but at that stage there is no mention of Corfu or Keswick so you need to look at a later one.  It does mention various books he wrote but his last place is as curate in Eaton Socon in 1864.  Previously in Kimbolton in 1861, Kensington 1854 and Ashurst in 1850.
Andrea

[queenie3]

Her name was Gertrude Alicia Gwendolen Hughes. She was born abt 1853. I believe she married George Douglas Hamilton in 10 March 1873 in Edinburgh. George was a pioneer settler/ landowner of a huge-13,000 acres-block of land in New Zealand and they returned there in March 1874.

[jubed]

Hi Queenie-
1851 CENSUS
Rectory house Ashurst Sussex
John William Conway Hughes 27 Curate
Sarah Ann Mcdonald Hughes 18
Lionel Conway Hughes 1
Rebecca Gammage cook
Eliza Foreman nurse
Ann Coggin ladysmaid
Allen Stringer paige

1861
 8 Bromley college Bromley Kent
Lucy Maria Hughes 59 clergyman's widow
Gertrude A Hughes 8 grandaughter b Wimbledon
Irena Maria Hughes 10 months B Dianan France British subject
Olwen Hatch servant
 Elizabeth Blewitt servant
Perhaps John W C Hughes was a missionary? He seems to have travelled a lot, can't find either him or Sarah in 1861 so wonder if they're abroad, poss in Corfu although Andrea mentions Kimbolton in her post
Best wishes Julie

[jubed]

Hi again.
1871 census-Above Derwent Crosthwaite Keswick
J W C Hughes 47 Curate of Crosthwaite b Oxford
ELIZA A 28 Wife b Devon
Catherine A 17 scholar b Wimbledon
Christine A 15 scholar b France
Irene M 11 b France(matches 1861 Bromley)
Kevin F C 3
Unnamed girl 1 month
Mary Hutchinson servant monthly
Mary Armstrong gen servant
Wonder if there were 2 J W C Hughes who were curates and similiar ages or just one with two wives
Regards Julie