Robert Clinton Hughes (July 1847 – 18 January 1935) was a New Zealand lawyer and conservationist. Hughes was born in

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, New Zealand in 1847, but the family moved to

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when he was a young child. He was a lawyer by trade and had his own practice from 1870 when he was

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. From July 1874 until the abolition of the provincial government system in 1876, he represented the Town of New Plymouth electorate on the

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. Subsequently, he served on the New Plymouth borough council. He was one of three candidates in the contesting the electorate, and he came last. On 1 December 1898, Hughes married Amy Grace Burton at

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. He died without having had children on 18 January 1935 in New Plymouth, survived by his wife.

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1847 births 1935 deaths 19th-century New Zealand lawyers New Zealand conservationists People from Auckland Members of the Taranaki Provincial Council Unsuccessful candidates in the 1890 New Zealand general election {{NewZealand-politician-stub