Thomas Hughes QC (1822 - 1896)

Born 20 Oct 1822 in Uffington, Berkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Frances (Ford) Hughes — married 1847 in St Thomas Registration District, Devon, England

Died 22 Mar 1896 at age 73 in Brighton, Sussex, England

Biography

Thomas Hughes QC is an English Author.

Research Notes

• Baptism 16 February 1823 Uffington

1847: married Frances Ford

There were five sons (Maurice, James, George, John, and Arthur) and four daughters (Lilian, Evie, Caroline and Mary) of the marriage.

Lilian Hughes perished in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. The youngest child Mary Hughes was a well known Poor Law guardian and volunteer visitor to the local Poor Law infirmary and children's home.

called to the bar in 1848

1857: publication of Tom Brown's School Days

elected to Parliament as a Liberal for Lambeth (1865–68), and for Frome (1868–74). He stood as candidate in 1874 for Marylebone in 1874, but dropped out

became Queen's Counsel in 1869

appointed to county court judgeship in Chester in 1882

died of heart failure - buried in Brighton
"The ceremony, in accordance with the expressed wish of the deceased, was of the simplest possible character." (from obituary)
The grave was lined with ivy

Census

1841
1851

1861: Longcot, Berkshire
Reva Jno Hughes Head M 37 Uffington, Berkshire
Elizh Heward Hughes Wife F 40 Inn Fields, Lincolnshire
Thomas Hughes Visitor M 38 Uffington, Berkshire
Frances Hughes Visitor F 33 Exeter, Devon
Elizabeth Deadman Servant F 26 Sevenhampton, Wiltshire
Mary Ann Partridge Servant F 18 Faringdon, Berkshire

1871: St Geo Hanover Square, London
Thomas Hughes Head M 48 Uffington, Berkshire
Anne F Hughes Wife F 44 Northamptonshire
Arthur Hughes Son M 7 London
Eliza Ludlow Visitor F 59 India
Alice Riddle Servant F 30 London
Charles Fyles Servant M 19 Wingham, Kent
Eliza Edwards Servant F 28 Crouch End, Middlesex

1881
1891

Bibliography

• Fiction
  • Tom Brown's School Days (1857)
  • The Scouring of The White Horse (1859)
  • Tom Brown at Oxford (1861)
• Non-fiction
  • Religio Laici (1861)
  • A Layman's Faith (1868)
  • Alfred the Great (1870). In the Sunday Library for Household Reading, this was a largely political work, and was history verging on fiction.
  • Memoir of a Brother (1873)
  • The Old Church; What Shall We Do With It? (1878)
  • The Manliness of Christ (1879)
  • True Manliness (1880)
  • Rugby Tennessee (1881)
  • Memoir of Daniel Macmillan (1882)
  • G.T.T. Gone to Texas (1884)
  • Notes for Boys (1885)
  • Life and Times of Peter Cooper (1886)
  • James Fraser Second Bishop of Manchester (1887)
  • David Livingstone (1889)
  • Vacation Rambles (1895)
  • Early Memories for the Children (1899)

Obituary

• Spouse and Children
  • Anne Frances Ford Widow Female
  • J O Hughes Son Male
  • Hughes Daughter Female
• Parents and Siblings
  • John Hughes Father Male
  • Margaret Elizabeth Wilkinson Mother Female
• Extended Family
  • Thomas Wilkinson Grandfather Male
  • James Ford Father-in-Law Male
• Others on Record
  • Arnold Non Relative Unknown
  • Yates Non Relative Male
  • Jayne Bishop Other Relative Unknown
  • Thursby Relative Female
  • H G Salesbury Hughes Relative Male
  • W N Senior Relative Male
• Flowers from
  • Sir Thomas Frost Non Relative Male
  • Lady Frost Non Relative Female
  • Mrs J M Frost Non Relative Female
  • Edmond S Ford Non Relative Male
  • Captain Arthur Sawley Non Relative Unknown
  • Mrs Arthur Sawley Non Relative Female
  • Vere Hughes Non Relative Male
  • Lady Vere Hughes Non Relative Female

Sources

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWWY-JVV : 11 February 2018, Thomas Hughes, 16 Feb 1823); citing UFFINGTON,BERKSHIRE,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 251,844.
• England & Wales marriage registration: St Thomas [district], Volume 10, Page 331, September quarter 1847
• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M78W-B5Y : 13 December 2017), Thomas Hughes in household of Reva Jno Hughes, Longcot, Berkshire, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBD4-ZY1 : 11 December 2017), Thomas Hughes, 1871.
• "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q26M-Q6J5 : 18 March 2018), Thomas Hughes, 1896.

See Also:

• Thomas Hughes in Wikipedia
• 'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell, published by The Hogarth Press, Pimlico, London in 1996. ISBN 0 7126 7450 0, includes extensive family trees. Hundreds of friends, professional connections and people in the 'Bloomsbury set' are also mentioned in the text.'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell