Spencer Leigh Hughes [SEP] place of birth
Spencer Leigh Hughes
Spencer Leigh Hughes (21 April 1858 – 22 February 1920) was a British, engineer, journalist and Liberal politician.
Family and education.
Spencer Leigh Hughes was born at Trowbridge in Wiltshire, the son of the Reverend James Hughes, a Wesleyan minister. He was educated at Woodhouse Grove School near Apperley Bridge in the West Riding of Yorkshire. In 1881 he married Ellen Wayland, the daughter of James Groves from Newport, Isle of Wight. They had a son and a daughter. Hughes
selected Spencer Leigh Hughes as his replacement. Hughes’ opportunity to get into Parliament came quickly as Sir Charles died on 4 June 1907 thus causing a by-election at which Hughes was adopted as Liberal candidate. Hughes faced, Labour, Conservative and Irish Parliamentary Party opponents.
Aftermath.
For Curran, it was a short-lived triumph as he was unseated by another Liberal at the following General Election in January 1910. Rose-Innes did not stand for parliament again. In 1909 Hughes was the unsuccessful Liberal candidate