Sir Richard Hughes, 2nd Baronet

Admiral Sir Richard Hughes, 2nd Baronet (c. 1724 – 5 January 1812) was a Royal Navy officer.

[1] He served on a number of ships in various locations during his naval career, including HMS Boreas from 1763 to 1766.

It is known that Hughes was in Canada in 1778, as he was appointed resident commissioner of the Halifax dockyard.

[2] This appointment was short, as by August of the same year he became governor of Nova Scotia, succeeding Mariot Arbuthnot in that position.

[3] In 1782 Hughes was second-in-command under Lord Howe at the Relief of Gibraltar.