William Hughes-Hughes D.L. (1817 – 7 January 1902) was an English barrister and founding member of The Philatelic Society, London.

Early life

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William Hughes-Hughes was born in 1817, and was the son of William Hughes Hughes, a barrister of Lincoln's Inn and Member of Parliament for Oxford.[1][2][3] He was educated at Tonbridge School.

Hughes-Hughes matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1835, graduating B.A. in 1839 and M.A in 1841.[4] He had entered Lincoln's Inn in 1838, and was called to the bar there in 1842.[2]

Career

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Hughes-Hughes was a barrister by profession. Later he was a justice of the peace.

Philately

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Hughes-Hughes was a founding member of The Philatelic Society, London.[5][6] which subsequently became the Royal Philatelic Society London, and one of the small group who met regularly at the Rev. Stainforth's Rectory before that society was formed.

He was reported to have become a collector in 1859 and ceased in 1874 having spent £69. His collection was then sold by Stanley Gibbons for £3,000 in 1896. It included a number of rarities:[1]

Death

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Hughes-Hughes died on 7 January 1902.[8]

Family

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Hughes-Hughes married in 1845 Ellen Oldham, daughter of Joseph Oldham of Stamford Hill. Their children included:[9]

  • Montague Edward Hughes-Hughes (born 1853), F.S.A. and a member of the Royal Philatelic Society London
  • August Hughes-Hughes (born 1857), assistant in the British Museum
  • Arthur Lindsay Hughes-Hughes (born 1859), R.N.

References

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  1. ^ a b Who Was Who in British Philately, Association of British Philatelic Societies, 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  2. ^ a b s:Men-at-the-Bar/Hughes-Hughes, William
  3. ^ "Hughes Hughes, William (1792-1874), of Clapham Common, Surr. and Belle Vue House, Ryde, I.o.W., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  4. ^ s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886/Hughes, William Hughes
  5. ^ de Worms, Baron Percy. The Royal Philatelic Society London 1869 - April 10th - 1919. Bath: 1919, p. 18.
  6. ^ a b "Great Britain: One Penny Rose Red: Plate 77" by H.R. Holmes in The London Philatelist, Vol. 71, No. 834, June 1962, pp. 103-104.
  7. ^ "Notes on the 1861 Provisional Cape of Good Hope." by M.P. Castle in The London Philatelist, Vol. XVI, No. 188, August 1907, pp. 182-186.
  8. ^ "Deaths" in The Times, No. 36660, 9 January 1902.
  9. ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1929–30). Armorial Families. Vol. 1 (7th ed.). London: Hurst & Blackett. p. 997.

Further reading

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  • Biography in The Biographical Magazine, October 1898.