HUGHES, TitomAs 11S23-911). .1n English author and polit ician. second son of John Hughes. of Donington Priory. Newbury. Berkshire. burn al 1:11ington, Berks. Ile was educated at Rugby under the celebrated Dr. Arnold: graduated B.A. from Oriel College, Oxford. in lti-15: was called to the liar at Lincoln's Inn in 181S, and became a member of the chancery bar. In IS:it: he gave to the world Tow ))meet's ;:ehoot Ifilos—a pic ture of life at a public school, evidently written from the author's own personal expel-4.11ov, and the vivid atal enduring impressions lie brought with him from lIngIty. it was followed. in 1g5q, by 7'he Scouring of the White Il ors, ; in 1SfI. by Tom Rrot•n of Orford, in which the mental history of his hero is co tinned. with sketches of college life and incidents: and in IStIft. by .1/fred the Great. Hughes pursued meanwhile the study and practice of the law: and was appointed Queen's Counsel in Iti09. IIe
gained the confidence and good-will of the work ing classes: by endeavoring to promote a better understanding bet NN 1.1" II masters and men. and by teaching the latter the value of coign-ration as a means of social elevation. At the general elec tion for Lambeth in 1R115. lie was placed at the bead of the poll. the workingmen espeeially enthusiastic in securing his return. in 1CfIll he was returned for Frome. which he continued to represent till 1q74. and always- took a promi nent port in debates relating to the combinations of trades-union-, and the amendment of the law of master and servant. In Itis0 he took a leading part in the sovialistic settlement at Itughy. Tenn. II nghes also wrote: Memoir 14 11 Brother 1 I 87:1 ; I 111'1/ III n curoIlr.s ( 1895 ; and several other arks.