Henry Kent Hughes

[4] With two brothers[5] he founded the property, later the town, of Avenel, often cited as named for a Gloucestershire village with which had a connection (though information on its whereabouts is lacking), his previous property in England,[6] or Sir Walter Scott's fictional castle and family, of which the White Lady of Avenel is the best known.

They built Port Adelaide's first flour mill, run by Hart and Company, of which he was a silent partner.

He remained in Parliament for three years, and went out at the dissolution in 1870, when he contested the seat of Port Adelaide and was elected with William Quin on 5 April 1870.

[13] He was a director of the National Bank[14] His chief public service was to act as Secretary and Treasurer for the Church of England's Orphan Home for Girls on Carrington Street.

[11] Its 20 acres, "Avenel Gardens", was subsequently owned by William Pope, founder of North Adelaide Golf Club, then subdivided in the 1890s.