Sir Richard Hughes, 2nd Baronet

Hughes was probably born in London, England, the son of Captain Richard Hughes. He entered the Portsmouth Naval Academy in 1739.{{Cite DCB |last=Blakeley |first=Phyllis R. |title=Hughes, Sir Richard |volume=5 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/hughes_richard_5E.html}} He served on a number of ships in various locations during his naval career, including {{HMS|Boreas|1757|6}} from 1763 to 1766. It is known that Hughes was in Canada in 1778, as he was appointed resident commissioner of the Halifax dockyard.{{cite web|url=http://www.nmm.ac.uk/researchers/library/research-guides/biographies-cook-and-nelson/research-guide-n1-horatio-nelson|title=Research guide N1: Horatio Nelson : Biographies - Cook and Nelson : Research guides : The Library : Researchers : NMM|publisher=National Maritime Museum|access-date=2010-03-05}} This appointment was short, as by August of the same year he became governor of Nova Scotia, succeeding Mariot Arbuthnot in that position. During his tenure, the main concern was the protection of the Province. In 1779, he succeeded his father as baronet. He became acting commander-in-chief The Downs in 1781.{{cite book|last1=Marshall|first1=John|title=Royal Naval Biography: Or, Memoirs of the Services of All the Flag-Officers, Superannuated Rear-Admirals, Retired-Captains, Post-Captains, and Commanders|date=18 November 2010|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9781108022712|page=10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r4yE2ElZxDcC&q=Rear-Admiral+Sir+Richard+Hughes++Downs+Station&pg=PA10|language=en}}

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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.{{cite book|last1=Haydn|first1=Joseph|title=The Book of Dignities: Containing Lists of the Official Personages of the British Empire ... from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time ... Together with the Sovereigns and Rulers of Europe, from the Foundation of Their Respective States; the Peerage of England and Great Britain Original 1851 Digitized by the University of Michigan|date=13 June 2008|publisher=Longmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans|page=279|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aURnAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Admiral+William+O%27Bryen+Drury%22&pg=PA272|language=en}} Then in 1789 he became Commander-in-Chief, North American Station.

• Fort Hughes (Nova Scotia) (est. 1778)
• Fort Hughes (New Brunswick) (est. 1781)

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• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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• {{cite DNB|wstitle= Hughes, Richard |volume= 28 |last= Laughton |first= John Knox |author-link= John Knox Laughton |pages= 186-187 |year=|short=}}

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