Religious Career
Hughes was ordained in 1922 and began his career with a curacy at Holy Trinity, Brompton. Subsequently vicar of St Stephen's, Paddington then vicar of Mansfield.
On 18 February 1935, he relinquished his rank of captain to join the Royal Army Chaplains' Department as a Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class). He was promoted to Chaplain to the Forces (3rd Class) on 1 April 1939.
With the outbreak of World War II, Hughes saw active service. He was posted to the Middle East during the first year of the war. By October 1943, he was Chaplain to the Forces (2nd Class), and temporary Chaplain to the Forces (1st Class). He rose to the rank of Archdeacon of the Forces, the most senior Church of England chaplain. Montgomery described him as "the ideal military padre". He was appointed Chaplain-General to the Forces in 1944. He relinquished the position on 6 November 1951.
In November 1945, he was appointed to the Royal Household as a Chaplain. He was appointed Dean of Ripon in August 1951.
He died on 4 June 1967.
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