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Hughes, Eric James Walrond, only son of the Rev. James Hughes, LL. D., Vicar of St. John with St. Paul, Battersea, Surrey, by Ethelhina Walrond, daughter of Francis Walrond Middleton Abadam, of Middleton Hall, co. Carmarthen; b. Feb. 25, 1892; adm. Jan. 15, 1903 (R); left July 1907; a clerk in the office of the Asiatic Petroleum Co.; was sent to Hankow, China, in 1912, but returned home in 1915 to enlist; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. the Sherwood Foresters April 20, 1915; went out to western front in Feb. 1916; acting Capt. July 1917, commanding the 154th Machine Gun Co.; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1918; killed in action at Poelcapelle Sept. 20, 1917; unm.

HUGHES, EVAN, son of Rev. Owen Hughes, Rector of Llanddeiniolen, Carnarvonshire, and Catherine Reynolds; b. 10 Sep 1833; adm. 21 Mar 1848, BB; lived in Australia for many years; on return to Britain, entered St. Bees Theol. Coll. 1871; ordained deacon 1873, priest 1874 (both Durham); Curate, Rothbury, Northumberland 1873-81, Ponteland, Northumberland 1881-2, North Sunderland, Northumberland 1882-6; Vicar of North Sunderland, Northumberland, from 1886; d. unm. 27 Oct 1890.

Hughes, Francis Hamilton, son of Herbert Francis Hughes DSO DL, stockbroker, of Roehampton, and Ivy Helen, d. of Arthur James Tilbrook; b. 23 June 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (G); left July 1937.

Hughes, Francis Vaughan, son of Francis Hughes, of Tooting, solicitor, by Rose Edith, daughter of John Lingard Vaughan, of Heaton Norris, Stockport, Cheshire; b. Jan. 8, 1885; adm. May 2, 1895 (A); left Dec. 1901; Keble Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1906: B.A. 1909; M.A. 1913; Ely Theol. Coll. 1909; ord. deacon 1910, priest 1911 (Ely); Curate of All Saints, Leighton Buzzard, Beds, 1910-4, and of St. Luke, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, 1914-24; Vicar of Hazelwood, Derbyshire, 1924-33; Perpetual Curate of St. John, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, 1933-51; Vicar of Harome 1951-5; m. Sept. 7, 1911, Margaret Isabel, daughter of Henry Norse Newton, of San Francisco, California; d. 29 Mar. 1979.

HUGHES, FRANCIS; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1615, adm. scholar 18 Mar 1615/6; BA 1619/20; MA 1623; Auditor, Trinity Coll. 1628-68; Esquire Bedell, Cambridge Univ., from 1629; said to have compiled a MS notebook of University proceedings; d. 30 Oct 1669.

HUGHES, GEORGE, brother of William Hughes (qv); b. 22 Nov 1765; adm. 12 Feb 1773; KS 1778; plantation manager, Grenada, West Indies; d. unm. in Grenada c. 1794.

HUGHES, HENRY, son of William Hastings Hughes, London, and his first wife Emily, dau. of Ven. George Clarke, Archdeacon of St. Davids; grandson of John Hughes (left 1808, qv); b. 27 Mar 1862; adm. 8 Apr 1874 (G); QS 1877; left Dec 1878; emigrated to Boerne, Texas, USA; drowned in wreck of ship Drummond Castle off Ushant 16 Jun 1896.

HUGHES, HERBERT, brother of Augustus Hughes (qv); b. 17 Aug 1856; adm. 24 Sep 1868; d. 11 Aug 1870.

HUGHES, HUMPHREY; b.; at school under Busby; one of the original officers in Monck’s Coldstream Regiment (subsequently 2nd Foot Guards) 1651; Capt., May 1654; agent to Sir Francis Redcliffe, Middleton Hall and Spindleston, Northumberland 1683-91; m. 22 Nov 1662 Mary Thirlwall; accepted as OW in Supplement on basis of Burke, LG, 8th edn., 1009, but further evidence seems necessary]

HUGHES, JOHN CUMBERLAND, brother of William Hughes (qv); b. 31 Mar 1767; adm. 27 Mar 1775; left 1779; entered Royal Navy as powder monkey on board HMS Victory 7 Jun 1779; when serving on HMS Rover was captured by a French frigade and taken into Grenada Sep 1780, but exchanged at Martinique three months later; Midshipman 14 Feb 1781; ADC to Capt. Lord Cranstoun on HMS Formidable during action against French on 12 Apr 1782; retd. from Navy 1783; plantation management in Grenada with his elder brother George Hughes (qv) from 1785; m. May 1805 Elizabeth, elder dau. of George Edward Stanley, Ponsonby Hall, Cumberland; d. at Bath 5 Feb 1833.