David Hughes (English academic)

David Hughes (1753 – 7 March 1817) was a Welsh clergyman and academic, who served as Principal of Jesus College, Oxford.

[2] He matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford in 1770, aged 16, graduating BA in 1773, MA in 1776, BD in 1783, DD in 1790.

According to his will, his widow Maria Stella, when she remarried in 1810, forfeited the guardianship of their two young sons, Thomas and Spencer (later the 2nd and 3rd Barons Newborough), and Hughes was asked to be guardian.

After Hughes' death, his widow cared for the boys, whose behaviour caused problems, at her home.

Ten weeks later, on 7 March 1817, Hughes shot himself in a London coffee house.