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Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I
Date transcribed | 2011-04-00 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surnames | Hughes | | First Name(s) | Edward | | Titles | Sir | | Year of Birth | 1720? | | Year of Death | 1794 | | Entry | Born about 1720 : entered the Navy, 1734-5 ; was at Porto Bello, 1739 : Cartagena, 1741 : Toulon, 1743-4 : America and the W. Indies : Captain, 1747-8 : at Louisberg, 1758 : Quebec, 1759 : Naval C. in C. in the E. Indies, 1773~7 : Rear Admiral and K.C.B., 1778 : again held the command in the E. Indies, 1779~8 3 : destroyed Hyder Ali's ships at Mangalore, 1780 : helped to take Negapatam, 1781 : took Trincomalee, Jan. 1782 : between that month and June, 1783, Hughes was engaged five times between Madras and Trincomalee with the French fleet under Admiral M. de Suffrein, without any decisive results : Hughes returned to England and had no further command : Admiral of the Blue in 1793 : made a large fortune in India : died Feb. 17, 1794. |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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