[2] Born in 1894, Hughes was educated at the University of Leeds and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree.
[11][12] In 1951, he returned to England[13] to be Vicar of St George's Church, Edgbaston,[14] and additionally served as an Assistant Bishop of Birmingham.
[17][18] During his time in Matabeleland, he became known for his dry comments on the administration of the region – for example, when it was proposed to have a second capital at Bulawayo, he offered this quote from W. S. Gilbert: "Ambassadors cropped up like hay, Prime Ministers and such they grew as asparagus in May and Dukes were three a penny.
[21] He was a Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem from 1958[22] and in 1961 he was translated for the final time to Trinidad.
[23][24] He retired in 1970 to Canada, where he continued to minister at Holy Trinity, Port Burwell, Ontario.