Mary Hughes
Mary Hughes | |
|---|---|
Hughes, c. 1910 | |
| Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia | |
| In role 27 October 1915 – 9 February 1923 | |
| Preceded by | Dame Mary Cook |
| Succeeded by | Viscountess Bruce |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mary Ethel Campbell 6 June 1874 near Wellington, New South Wales |
| Died | 2 April 1958 (aged 83) Double Bay, New South Wales |
| Resting place | Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium |
| Spouse | Billy Hughes |
| Children | Helen Hughes (1915–1937) |
Dame Mary Ethel Hughes GBE (née Campbell; 6 June 1874 – 2 April 1958) was the second wife of Billy Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923. She was the daughter of a well-to-do grazier, and grew up in country New South Wales. She married Hughes in 1911, when she was 37 and he was 48; their only daughter was born in 1915.