Thomas Fiott Hughes (28 January 1825 — 18 June 1887) was an English first-class cricketer and diplomatic secretary and consul to the Ottoman Empire.
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| Full name | Thomas Fiott Hughes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 January 1825 Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 June 1887(1887-06-18) (aged 62) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1843–1845 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 25 January 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The son of Thomas Smart Hughes and his wife, Ann Maria, he was born in January 1825 at Chesterton, Cambridgeshire. He was not educated at a public school, which did not hinder if maltriculation to Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[1] While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1843 and 1845, making eight appearances.[2] Playing in the Cambridge side as a bowler, Hughes took 36 wickets in his eight matches, which included taking a five wicket haul on five occasions and ten-wickets in a match once.[3] As a tailend batsman, he scored 48 runs with a highest score of 15 not out.[4]
After graduating from Cambridge, Hughes entered into the Diplomatic Corps. He was appointed to secretary at the British Embassy at Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire in June 1846.[5] a position he held for ten years until his appointment as consul at Erzurum in July 1856.[6] He returned to Constantinople in March 1859, to take up the appointment of Oriental Secretary there.[7][8] At the time of his death at Cheltenham in June 1887, Hughes was regarded as a distinguished Oriental scholar.[9]