See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• HUGHES, DAVID EDWARD (1831-1900)
• HUGHES, HUGH PRICE (1847-19o2)
• HUGHES, JOHN (1677-1720)
• HUGHES, JOHN (1797-1864)
• SIR EDWARD HUGHES (c. 1720-1794)
• HUGHES, THOMAS
• HUGHES, THOMAS (1822-1896)

HUGHES (c. 1720-1794)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral, entered the Royal See also:

• NAVY

Navy in 1735, and four years later was See also:

• PRESENT

present at See also:

• PORTO

Porto See also:

• BELLO, ANDRES (1781–1865)

Bello . In 1740 he became See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant, and in that See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank served in the See also:

• CARTAGENA, or CARTHAGENA

Cartagena expedition of 1741, and at the indecisive See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• TOULON

Toulon (1744)• In H.M.S . "See also:

• WARWICK
• WARWICK, EARLS OF
• WARWICK, RICHARD BEAUCHAMP, EARL OF (1382—1439)
• WARWICK, RICHARD NEVILLE, EARL OF (1428—1471)
• WARWICK, SIR PHILIP (1609-1683)
• WARWICK, SIR ROBERT RICH, 2ND EARL OF (1587–1658)

Warwick" he was present at the See also:

• ACTION

action with the " Glorioso," but in See also:

• DEFAULT (Fr. defaut, from defailler, to fail, Lat. fallere)

default of proper support from the "See also:

• LARK (0. Eng. ldwerce, Ger. Lerche, Dan. Laerke, Dutch Leeuwerik)

Lark" (which was sailing in See also:

• COMPANY

company with the " Warwick"), the combat ended with the enemy's See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape . The See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the " Lark " was subsequently tried and condemned for his conduct, and See also:

• HUGHES, DAVID EDWARD (1831-1900)
• HUGHES, HUGH PRICE (1847-19o2)
• HUGHES, JOHN (1677-1720)
• HUGHES, JOHN (1797-1864)
• HUGHES, SIR EDWARD (c. 1720-1794)
• HUGHES, THOMAS
• HUGHES, THOMAS (1822-1896)

Hughes received the vacant command . See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain Hughes was with See also:

• BOSCAWEN, EDWARD (1711-1761)

Boscawen at See also:

• LOUISBURG

Louisburg and with Saunders at See also:

• QUEBEC

Quebec . He was in continual employment during the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, and as See also:

• COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

Commodore commanded in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indies from 1773 to 1777 . It was not See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long before he returned to the East as a See also:

• REAR

rear-admiral, with an overwhelming See also:

• NAVAL

naval force . On his outward voyage he xetook See also:

• GOREE

Goree from the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, and he was called upon to conduct only See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor operations for the next two years, as the enemy could not See also:

• MUSTER (Mid. Eng. mostre, moustre, adapted from the similar O. Fr. forms; Lat. monstrare)

muster any force See also:

• FIT

fit to meet the powerful See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron Hughes had brought from the Channel . In 1782 he stormed See also:

• TRINCOMALEE

Trincomalee a few days before the squadron of Suffren arrived in the neighbourhood . For the next See also:

• YEAR

year these See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters were the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of one of the most famous of naval See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns . Suffren (q.v.) was perhaps the ablest See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-commander that See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France ever produced, but his subordinates were factious and unskilful; Hughes on the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, whose ability was that See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of long experience rather than See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius, was well supported . No fewer than five fiercely contested See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general actions were fought by two fleets, neither of them gaining a decisive See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage .

In the end Hughes held his ground . After the peace he returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and, though further promotions came to him, he never again hoisted his See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag . He had accumulated considerable See also:

• WEALTH

wealth during his Indian service, which for the most See also:

• PART

part he spent in unostentatious charity . He died at his seat of Lux-See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough in See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex in 1794 .