The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Hughes, Sir Walter Charleton
Hughes, Sir Water Charleton, Kt. (1906), C.I.E., (1900), M.Inst.C.E., Chairman, Bombay Port Trust; b, 1850; educ: privately and at King’s College, London; m, Evelyn Isabel Rose e.d. of late Col H. S. Hutchinson, I.C.S.; joined service in the Indian Public Works Department, 1868; Secretary to Government, P.W.D. Bombay, 1887-92; Chairman, Board of Trustees for the Port of Bombay, 1892-98; Additionnal Member, Legislative Council, Bombay, till 1908; Chairman, Bombay Improvement Trust, 1898-1900; Fellow of the King’s College, London, and Fellow (by appointment) of the Bombay University, Address: Darmauth House, No. 2, Queen Anne’s Gate, S.W. Clubs: Byculla, Bombay, India.