Robert Hughes | |
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| Died | 14 March 1729 London, England |
| Buried | St Paul's, Deptford, England |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Service/ | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | c.1692–1729 |
| Rank | Rear-Admiral |
| Commands | |
| Battles/wars | |
| Children | 2 |
| Relations | Sir Richard Hughes (nephew) Sir Robert Calder (grandson) |
Rear-Admiral Robert Hughes (died 14 March 1729) was a Royal Navy officer. Having joined the navy in the late seventeenth century, he served as a lieutenant in several ships of the line during the Nine Years' War before being promoted to captain in 1697. His first command was HMS Flamborough in which he captured several privateers off Dunkirk at the start of the War of the Spanish Succession, before taking command of HMS Winchester.
Hughes commanded a squadron guarding the Straits of Gibraltar in 1703, and in the following decade commanded several ships of the line in the Mediterranean Sea and English Channel. Promoted to rear-admiral in 1727, Hughes was third in command of the Baltic Fleet that later in the year induced Russia not to go to war with Sweden. He died in 1729, having had no further active service.