Arthur Henniker-Hughan

Admiral Sir Arthur John Henniker-Hughan, 6th Baronet, CB (24 January 1866 – 4 October 1925) was a Royal Navy officer who sat as Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for Galloway from 1924 until his death.[1] He married Inger Hutchison of Balmaghie (Galloway) in January 1904,[1] and the couple had three daughters, Beryl, Rhona and Alison (Sally).His subsequent career saw him posted in ships across the world, serving in Australia, North America, China, The Mediterranean, Atlantic and in the Scottish Coastguard.[2] He was promoted captain in 1904, and was in command of the battleship HMS Ajax at the outset of World War I, serving in the Grand Fleet under Admiral Jellicoe.[1] Some five years after his retirement from the navy, Henniker-Hughan stood for Parliament as a Unionist candidate at the 1924 General Election, winning the Galloway seat from the incumbent member, Cecil Dudgeon.
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