HUGHES, SIR EDWARD (c. , British admiral, entered the Royal Navy in 1735, and four years later was present at Porto Bello. In 174o he became lieutenant, and in that rank served in the Cartagena expedition of 1741, and at the indecisive battle of Toulon . From that time he was almost con tinuously employed on active service. He was with Boscawen at Louisburg and with Saunders at Quebec. As Commodore he commanded in the East Indies from 1773 to 1777. It was not long before he returned to the East as a rear-admiral, with an over whelming naval force. On his outward voyage he retook Goree from the French. In 1782 he stormed Trincomalee a few days before the squadron of Suffren arrived in the neighbourhood. In 1783 Suffren (q.v.) was perhaps the ablest sea-commander that France ever produced, but his subordinates were factious and unskilful; Hughes, on the other hand, whose ability was that born of long experience rather than genius, was well supported. Five fiercely contested general actions were fought by the two fleets, neither of them gaining a decisive advantage. In the end Hughes held his ground. After the peace he returned to England. He died at Luxborough, Essex, in