Admiral Sir Richard Hughes, 2nd Baronet ( – 5 January 1812) was a British naval commander.
Naval career
Hughes was probably born in
London, England
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, the son of Captain
Sir Richard Hughes. He entered the
Portsmouth
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Naval Academy in 1739.
He served on a number of ships in various locations during his naval career, including from 1763 to 1766. It is known that Hughes was in Canada in 1778, as he was appointed resident commissioner of the
Halifax dockyard
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This appointment was short, as by August of the same year he became
lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia, succeeding
Mariot Arbuthnot
Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot (1711 – 31 January 1794) was a British admiral, who commanded the Royal Navy's North American station during the American War for Independence.
Early life
A native of Weymouth, Dorset in England, Arbuthnot was the so ...
in that position.
[ During his tenure, the main concern was the protection of the Province.][ In 1779, he succeeded his ]father
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as baronet
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. He became acting commander-in-chief The Downs in 1781.
In 1782 Hughes was second-in-command under Lord Howe at the Relief of Gibraltar.[ Between 1783 and 1786 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands Station.] Then in 1789 he became Commander-in-Chief, North American Station
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Legacy
* Fort Hughes (Nova Scotia)
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(est. 1778)
* Fort Hughes (New Brunswick) (est. 1781)
Arms
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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1729 births
1812 deaths
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