Hector Samuel James Hughes (14 August 1887 – 23 June 1970) was aScottishLabour Party politician.
In his university years inUniversity College, Dublin (UCD), he was a member of the Young Ireland Branch of theUnited Irish League,[1] which successfully agitated for the land of 'ranchers' or large graziers to be confiscated andredistributed to their tenants.
In the Labour landslide at the1945 general election, he was elected asMember of Parliament forAberdeen North. He held the seat through six further general elections, before retiring from theHouse of Commons at the1970 general election.
He died inBrighton aged 82, only a month after stepping down from the House of Commons and five days after the 1970 election returned theConservative Party to power.
Hector was not only an esteemed politician. He fought for women's rights in the suffragette movement as well as the abolition of the death penalty. He was also a published poet and wrote the national anthem for Ghana when they gained their independence.
He was the great-grandfather ofPaul andTonie Walsh among others.
Grandfather of Sylvia Walsh, Denise Casey, Mark Quinn, Clem Quinn and Benita Quinn Ahearne ( Ireland)
Father of Isolde Hughes/ Cazelet ( Actress) and Finny Hughes/McMullan
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