William Owen Pughe

Initially he worked as a clerk in a solicitor's office, subsequently becoming a teacher of Algebra in a girls' boarding school and also as a private tutor for the children of the wealthy.

[citation needed] In 1806, he inherited the estates of Rice Pughe, of Nantglyn, Denbighshire, a distant relative.

After this he enjoyed a private income which meant that he was able to devote his whole time to literary and scholarly pursuits.

He remained in London after 1815, when his wife died, but with his health declining he returned to live in Wales in 1825.

The marriage produced two recorded daughters and one son, the noted scholar Aneurin Owen.