Sam Hughes
Sam Hughes was born in Clarington, Ontario, Canada on January 8th, 1853 and is the Politician. At the age of 68, Sam Hughes biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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During World War I, Sir Samuel Hughes, 1853–1921) (January 8, 1853–August 23, 1921) was the Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence. He was known as the last Liberal-Conservative cabinet minister until he was kicked from his cabinet position.
Early life
Hughes was born in Solina, England, in what was then Canada West, January 8, 1853. He was a son of John Hughes from Tyrone, Ireland, and Caroline (Laughlin) Hughes, a Canadian descendant from Huguenots and Ulster Scots. He was born in Durham, Ontario, and later attended the Toronto Normal School and the University of Toronto. He joined the 45th West Durham Battalion of Infantry in 1866 and was active during the Fenian raids of the 1860s and 1870s. Hughes was very involved in the service throughout his life, attending all of the drill rehearsal sessions and starting to shoot with a rifle in his spare time to increase his aim. Hughes was involved in rifle clubs and later became president of the Dominion Rifle Association, a spectacular shot with a rifle. Hughes liked to see himself embodying Victorian ideals of hard work, self-control, endurance, and manliness. Hughes, who was tall, leaning, and broad-shouldered, excelled at sports, being particularly good at lacrosse. He later said in the British Who's Who to have "personally offered to raise" Canadian contingents for service in "the Egyptian and Sudanese campaigns, the Afghan Frontier War, and the Transvaal War."
Caroline Preston, his first wife, died a year later at the age of 20. He married Mary Burk shortly after, and the new couple married in Toronto shortly. He served at the Toronto Collegiate Institute (now Jarvis Collegiate), where he was known for his peculiarities, including his habit of chewing on his chalk when giving his lectures. Hughes left teaching because he had trouble helping a wife and three children on his salary, and three others on his salary, though teaching offered no chance of promotion. In 1885, he moved his family to Lindsay, where he had purchased The Victoria Warder, the local newspaper. He was the paper's publisher from 1885 to 1897.
