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HUGHES, Christopher, diplomatist, born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1786; died there, 18 September, 1849. He married, in 1811, Laura Sophia, a daughter of General Samuel Smith. He was commissioned secretary to the United States legation at London on 3 February, 1814, and transferred to Stockholm on 26 September, 1816. When Jonathan Russell retired in 1818 he left Mr. Hughes in charge, and for the next thirty-five years the United States had no minister at that capital. Hughes was commissioned charge d'affaires on 20 January, 1819. On 15 July, 1825, he retired, having been appointed charge d'affaires to the Netherlands, with special instructions. He returned to Sweden as charge d'affaires on 3 March, 1830, and remained there till 9 September, 1841. Mr. Hughes was recommissioned in 1842, and returned to the United States in 1845. He was the bearer to this country in 1815 of the treaty of peace, signed at Ghent, between the American and English commissioners. Mr. Hughes was a brother-in-law of Colonel George Armistead, and an intimate friend of John Q. Adams and Henry Clay. He was a welcome guest in the best society of his native city, and well known for his wit and humor.
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