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Billy Hughes

AKA William Morris Hughes

Born: 25-Sep-1862
Birthplace: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died: 28-Oct-1952
Location of death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Macquarie Park Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State

Nationality: Australia
Executive summary: Prime Minister of Australia, 1915-23

Military service: British Army (Royal Fusiliers)

Father: William Hughes (carpenter)
Mother: Jane Morris
Wife: Elizabeth Cutts (common law marriage, d. 1-Sep-1906, three sons, three daughters)
Daughter: Ethel (b. 1889)
Son: William (b. 1891)
Daughter: Lily (b. 1893)
Daughter: Dolly (b. 1895)
Son: Ernest (b. 1897)
Son: Charles (b. 1899)
Wife: Mary Hughes (m. 26-Jun-1911, one daughter)
Daughter: Helen (b. 1915)

    High School: St. Stephen's School, Westminster

    Member of the Australian Parliament for Bradfield (1949-52)
    Attorney General of Australia (1938-41)
    Australian Minister for External Affairs (1937-39)
    Australian Minister for Health (1936-37)
    Member of the Australian Parliament for North Sydney (1922-49)
    Australian Minister for External Affairs (1921-23)
    Prime Minister of Australia (27-Oct-1915 to 9-Feb-1923)
    Australian Minister for External Affairs (1921-23)
    Attorney General of Australia (1914-21)
    Member of the Australian Parliament for Bendigo (1917-22)
    Australian Minister Trade and Customs (1916)
    Attorney General of Australia (1910-13)
    Attorney General of Australia (1908-09)
    Member of the Australian Parliament for West Sydney (1901-17)
    Australian Labor Party
    Welsh Ancestry


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