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William Hughes, Baron Hughes CBE PC (22 January 1911 – 31 December 1999), was a Labour party politician in the United Kingdom. Hughes was elected to Dundee Town Council in 1933 at the age of 22. In 1954 he became Lord Provost of Dundee, a post he held until 1960, while he remained a councillor until 1961. He was also a Justice of the Peace for the city from 1943 until 1974. In the Second World War Hughes was Dundee's civil defense controller until 1943, when he joined the armed forces. He was commissioned in 1944, becoming a Captain by the end of the conflict. He served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in India. Burma and Borneo. He stood in the 1945 and 1950 general elections as the Labour Party's candidate for Perth (known as Perth and East Perthshire from 1950), but was not elected, bef

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  • William Hughes, Baron Hughes (de)
  • William Hughes (baron Hughes) (fr)
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  • William Hughes, Baron Hughes PC CBE JP DL (* 22. Januar 1911 in Dundee, Schottland; † 31. Dezember 1999 in Comrie, Perth and Kinross) war ein Politiker der Labour Party, der zwischen 1954 und 1960 Lord Lieutenant von Dundee war und 1961 als Life Peer aufgrund des Life Peerages Act 1958 Mitglied des House of Lords wurde. (de)
  • William Hughes, baron Hughes CBE PC (22 janvier 1911 - 31 décembre 1999), est un homme politique du parti travailliste du Royaume-Uni. (fr)
  • William Hughes, Baron Hughes CBE PC (22 January 1911 – 31 December 1999), was a Labour party politician in the United Kingdom. Hughes was elected to Dundee Town Council in 1933 at the age of 22. In 1954 he became Lord Provost of Dundee, a post he held until 1960, while he remained a councillor until 1961. He was also a Justice of the Peace for the city from 1943 until 1974. In the Second World War Hughes was Dundee's civil defense controller until 1943, when he joined the armed forces. He was commissioned in 1944, becoming a Captain by the end of the conflict. He served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in India. Burma and Borneo. He stood in the 1945 and 1950 general elections as the Labour Party's candidate for Perth (known as Perth and East Perthshire from 1950), but was not elected, bef (en)
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