Sir Richard Hughes, 2nd Baronet

Sir Richard Hughes, 2nd Baronet
Born c. 1729
Died 5 January 1812
Allegiance  Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch  Royal Navy
Rank Admiral
Commands held HMS Boreas
Leeward Islands Station
North American Station
Battles/wars American Revolutionary War

Admiral Sir Richard Hughes, 2nd Baronet (c. 1729 – 5 January 1812) was a British naval commander.

Hughes was probably born in London, England, and entered the Portsmouth Naval Academy in 1739.[1] He served on a number of ships in various locations during his naval career, including HMS Boreas from 1763 to 1766. It is known that Hughes was in Canada in 1778, as he was appointed resident commissioner of the Halifax dockyard.[2] This appointment was short, as by August of the same year he became lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia, succeeding Mariot Arbuthnot in that position.[1] During his tenure, the main concern was the protection of the Province.[1] In 1779, he succeeded his father as Baronet. He was followed in the position of lieutenant governor by Sir Andrew Hamond in 1781.

In 1782 Hughes was second-in-command under Lord Howe at the Relief of Gibraltar.[1] Between 1783 and 1786 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands Station.[3] Then in 1789 he became Commander-in-Chief, North American Station.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
  2. ↑ "Research guide N1: Horatio Nelson : Biographies - Cook and Nelson : Research guides : The Library : Researchers : NMM". National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
  3. ↑ Haydn, Joseph (13 Jun 2008). The Book of Dignities: Containing Lists of the Official Personages of the British Empire ... from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time ... Together with the Sovereigns and Rulers of Europe, from the Foundation of Their Respective States; the Peerage of England and Great Britain Original 1851 Digitized by the University of Michigan. Longmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 279.
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Government offices
Preceded by
Mariot Arbuthnot		 Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
1778-1781 		Succeeded by
Sir Andrew Hamond
Military offices
Preceded by
Hugh Pigot		 Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands Station
1783–1786 		Succeeded by
Sir Richard Bickerton
Preceded by
Sir Herbert Sawyer		 Commander-in-Chief, North American Station
1789–1792 		Succeeded by
George Murray
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Richard Hughes		 Baronet
(of East Bergholt)
1779–1812 		Succeeded by
Robert Hughes


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