William Hughes, Baron Hughes

For other people named William Hughes, see William Hughes (disambiguation).

The Right Honourable The Lord Hughes PC CBE
Personal details
Born	22 January 1911(1911-01-22) Dundee, Scotland
Died	31 December 1999(1999-12-31) (aged 88)
Political party	Labour
Occupation	Politician

William Hughes, Baron Hughes PC CBE (22 January 1911 – 31 December 1999) was a Labour party politician in the United Kingdom.

He unsuccessfully stood twice to become a Member of Parliament before becoming a life peer on 7 February 1961 as Baron Hughes, of Hawkhill in the County of the City of Dundee.^[1]

In Harold Wilson's first government, he served under Scottish Secretary Willie Ross as Under-Secretary of State for Scotland from 1964 to 1969, and then as Minister of State for Scotland from 1969 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1975. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1970.

His honours included the OBE in 1942, raised to a CBE in 1956, receiving the Légion d'honneur (Chevalier) in 1958 and becoming a Privy Counsellor in 1970.

Footnotes

^ London Gazette: no. 42272. p. 933. 7 February 1961. Retrieved 28 February 2010.

References

"Hughes, Baron". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. May 2009. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U179383. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
Roth, Andrew (7 February 2000). "Lord Hughes of Hawkhill". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2000/feb/07/guardianobituaries. Retrieved 28 February 2010.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Hughes, Baron Hughes

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Name	Hughes, William Hughes, Baron
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Date of birth	22 January 1911
Place of birth	Dundee, Scotland
Date of death	31 December 1999
Place of death