Hughes, Thomas
(1822–1896)
- Charlotte Mitchell
Extract
Hughes, Thomas (1822–1896), social reformer and children's writer, was born at Uffington, Berkshire, of which parish his paternal grandfather was vicar, on 20 October 1822, the second of the six sons of John Hughes (1790–1857), author, and his second wife, Margaret Elizabeth Wilkinson (1797–1887)...