Arthur Henniker-Hughan

Admiral Sir Arthur John Henniker-Hughan, 6th Baronet, (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.

Personal life Henniker-Hughan was the second son of Sir Brydges Henniker Bt. (of Newton Hall in Essex) and Louisa Hughan of Airds House, Parton, Galloway. As he was the second son, and not expected to inherit, he was bequeathed the Hughan family estates in Galloway by his maternal grandfather (Thomas Hughan). He inherited following the death of his aunt in 1896, at which point he took the second surname Hughan. 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. He became the commander of the Naval Dockyard at Devonport in December 1916, following his promotion to flag rank earlier that year. He retired after the war (in 1919) and was made a Companion of the Bath (CB) in recognition of his wartime services.

Member of Parliament 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. According to his Times obituary, "His early and unexpected death less than a year later cut short his parliamentary service after a well-received beginning".