William Hughes, Baron Hughes of Hawkhill
Politician
1911 – 1999
Who was William Hughes, Baron Hughes of Hawkhill?
William Hughes, Baron Hughes of Hawkhill PC CBE was a Labour party politician in the United Kingdom.
He unsuccessfully stood twice to become a Member of Parliament before becoming a life peer on 7 February 1961 as Baron Hughes, of Hawkhill in the City of Dundee, Scotland.
In Harold Wilson's first government, he served under Scottish Secretary Willie Ross as Under-Secretary of State for Scotland from 1964 to 1969, and then as Minister of State for Scotland from 1969 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1975. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1970.
His honours included the OBE in 1942, raised to a CBE in 1956, receiving the Légion d'honneur in 1958 and becoming a Privy Counsellor in 1970.
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