Sir Trevor Poulton Hughes, KCB (28 September 1925 – 8 September 2017) was a British engineer and civil servant. Born on 28 September 1925, he was in the

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from 1945 to 1948 and then worked in engineering. In 1961, he entered HM Civil Service, working in the

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and, from 1962 in the

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and its successor the

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. He was successively the Department's Deputy Chief Engineer from 1970 to 1971, Director of Water Engineering from then to 1972 and the Director-General of Water Engineering from 1972 to 1974. He was promoted to Deputy Secretary in 1974, moving in 1977 to the Ministry of Transport."Hughes, Sir Trevor (Poulton)"
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, 2021). Retrieved 3 February 2022. From 1980 to 1985, he was

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of the

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. For his service, he was appointed a Companion of the

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(CB) in the

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and was promoted to Knight Companion in the

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. After leaving, he sat on the

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and chaired several limited companies. He died on 8 September 2017. His brother was John Richard Poulton Hughes, DL (1920–2006), the county clerk and chief executive of

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from 1978 to 1983."Hughes, John Richard Poulton"
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, 2021). Retrieved 3 February 2022.

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