The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Hughes, Maj-Gen. Chas Frederick
Hughes, Maj-Gen. Chas Frederick, C.B.(mil) 1897; Indian Staff Corps; b. 1844; s. of late W. S. P. Hughes of Worcester; m. Elizabeth Forbes, d. of Maj. General George Elliot Ashburner, Sillwood, 1875; educ: Cheltenham Coll.; Addiscombe; joined service in the Bombay Army, 1861; Captain, 1873; Brevet Major and Major, 1881; Lieuti Colonel, 1887; Brevet-Colonel, 1889; served against Foodlee Arabs, 1865-66 (despatches); Afghan War 1878-80, present at battle of Ahmed Kheyl (despatches, medal with clasp, and Brevet. Major); Burmese War, 1886-1887 (despatches, medal, two clasps. Brevet. Col.); Commissary General of the armies of Bombay, Madras, and Bengal in. succession, 1890-95; retired, 1897. Address: Aston House, Newport, near Salop.