Edwin Hughes (MP)
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Sir Edwin Hughes (27 May 1832 – 15 September 1904) was an English solicitor and
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politician who sat in the
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from 1885 to 1902.


Biography

Hughes was born at
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, the son of William Hughes and his wife Elizabeth Gibbs. He was educated at Birmingham Grammar School and was admitted a solicitor in 1860. He moved to London where he became a solicitor to Local Board of Health. He was vice chairman of the Modern Building Society and chairman of Suburban Property Co. His political interests included being a member of the
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, and of the
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. He was founder and vice president of the Metropolitan Local Government (Officers') Association. He was also lieutenant-colonel in the 1st Volunteer Brigade, London Division of the
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. In 1881 he was resident in Plumstead. Hughes was at one time Conservative Election Agent for London and the Borough of Greenwich. In 1885 Hughes was himself elected Member of Parliament for
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. He held the seat until 1902. Hughes was also the first representative on the
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for Woolwich in 1889 and served three terms. He was Mayor of Woolwich in 1901, and was also on the board of governors for Woolwich Polytechnic. He was made a
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in the
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and knighted by
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at
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on 18 December 1902. Hughes died aged 72 and was buried in Plumstead Cemetery.


Arms


See also

* List of members of London County Council 1889 - 1919


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* * 1832 births 1904 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Knights Bachelor UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 Members of the London School Board Members of the Metropolitan Board of Works Mayors of places in Greater London Members of Woolwich Metropolitan Borough Council {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1830s-stub