William Hughes, Baron Hughes

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William Hughes, Baron Hughes PC CBE JP DL (born January 22, 1911 in Dundee , Scotland , † December 31, 1999 in Comrie , Perth and Kinross ) was a Labor Party politician who was Lord Lieutenant of Dundee between 1954 and 1960 1961 when Life Peer became a member of the House of Lords under the Life Peerages Act 1958 .

Life

Local politicians in Dundee and World War II

Balfour Street Public School, Dundee

Hughes graduated from Balfour Street School in Dundee and Dundee Technical School. He began his political career in 1933 in the local politics when he became the candidate of the Labor Party for the first time a member of the City Council was elected from Dundee, and this belonged to the 1936th In 1937 he was re-elected to the City Council and represented the interests of the Labor Party until 1961. During World War II he was in 1939, first Commissioner for air protection ( Air Raid Precautions ) in Dundee, before he, as a member of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps the British Army in India , Borneo and Burma was used. Most recently, Hughes, in 1942 with the Officer's Cross of the Order of the British Empire awarded and for 1943 a magistrate ( justice of the peace has been appointed) 1946 Captain transported.

After his return, he was 1946 City Treasurer ( City Treasurer ) of Dundee, before 1954 Lord Provost was and Lord Lieutenant of Dundee and these offices held until the 1960th During this time he was first commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1956 and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the French Legion of Honor in 1958 . After finishing his work as Lord Lieutenant, he was in 1960 Deputy Lieutenant of Dundee and also in 1960 by the University of St Andrews with an honorary doctorate of law recognized (Hon. LL.D.).

House of Lords and Junior Minister

By a letters patent dated February 7, 1961, Hughes was raised to the nobility under the Life Peerages Act 1958 as a life peer with the title Baron Hughes , of Hawkhill in the County of the City of Dundee, and thus belonged to the nobility until his death in 1999 House of Lords as a member.

After the Labor Party won the general election on October 15, 1964 , Baron Hughes was appointed Parliamentary Undersecretary of State in the Scottish Office by Prime Minister Harold Wilson and held this position until 1969. Then he served until the end of Wilson's term of office on 19 June 1970 as Minister of State in Scotland ministry and thus was six years one of the closest collaborators of the former Scotland minister ( Secretaries of State for Scotland ) William Ross . Most recently, in 1970, he was also awarded the title of Privy Councilor .

After the Labor Party, led by Harold Wilson, had won the general election on February 28, 1974 and William Ross was reappointed Scotland Minister in the latter's second cabinet by Prime Minister Wilson, Baron Hughes again took over and retained the post of Minister of State in the Scotland Ministry this until 1975. From 1975 to 1993 he served as President of the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations and was outside a member of the Council of Europe and the Western European Union .

Last years and death

Baron Hughes spent the last years of his life in Comrie , a village in the county of Perthshire in the Scottish Highlands . In November 1999 he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Just a few weeks later, Baron Hughes died on December 31, 1999 at his Comrie residence at the age of 88.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ian Ansdell: Lord Hughes, tutor and builder, this (English) , The Herald. January 4, 2000. Retrieved May 29, 2014. 
  2. ↑ Lynn Duke: Comrie three mile challenge complete (English) , Daily Record. January 4, 2013. Accessed May 29, 2014. 
personal data
SURNAME Hughes, William, Baron Hughes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hughes, William, Baron Hughes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Dundee , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1999
Place of death Comrie , Perth and Kinross