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.