William Hughes, Baron Hughes

The Lord Hughes
Minister of State for Scotland
In office
8 March 1974 – 8 August 1975
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byThe Lord Polwarth
Succeeded byThe Lord Kirkhill
In office
13 October 1969 – 19 June 1970
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byNew appointment
Succeeded byThe Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
In office
21 October 1964 – 13 October 1969
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byPriscilla Buchan
Succeeded byBruce Millan
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
7 February 1961 – 31 December 1999
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born
William Hughes

(1911-01-22)22 January 1911
Dundee, Scotland
Died31 December 1999(1999-12-31) (aged 88)
Comrie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Christian Gordon
(m. 1951; died 1994)
Children2
OccupationPolitician

William Hughes, Baron Hughes CBE PC (22 January 1911 – 31 December 1999), was a Scottish Labour party politician who served in the governments of Harold Wilson.