The son of Reverend Edward Hughes of Kinmel Park; educated at Felsted, he was a Whig MP for Wallingford (1802-31) and personal friend of the Duke of Sussex.

REFERENCES TO William Lewis Hughes, baron Dinorben:

Thomas Creevey to James Currie[?], 12 July 1806 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 3 May 1823 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 16 May 1831 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)