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EDGAR
FERGUSON HUGHES
A native of Canada, born in Durham County, Ontario, on 14th
of May, 1882. If inheritance or
tradition, or whatever it is that helps the sons of distinguished fathers, is
of any value at all, something was to be expected of Edgar F. Hughes. He is the son of Major General John Hughes,
of the Canadian Army, and Elizabeth (Ferguson) Hughes. His uncle, the late Lieutenant General Sir
Sam Hughes, served as Minister of Militia of Canada during the early part of
the World War. Another uncle, James L.
Hughes, who passed away at the age of eighty-nine, was a noted educator, poet,
writer and lecturer of Toronto, Canada.
Edgar
F. Hughes attended public schools of Newtonville,
Ontario, and attended collegiate institutes in Newcastle and Bowmanville, Ontario.
He was graduated from the Toronto University with the degree of Bachelor
of Arts in 1903, and then went to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where he took up
the study of law in the office of Taylor & Laidlaw. He was admitted to the practice of law in
Manitoba in 1906 and followed his profession in that city until 1910, when he
came to California. In 1911 he was
admitted to practice his profession in California, and later became a member of
the firm of Williams, Goudge & Chandler. In 1915, together with the late Herbert J. Goudge and S. B. Robinson, he formed the law firm of Goudge, Robinson & Hughes, which is still carried on
under the original name.
As
has been said by one especially familiar with his career, “He is retiring in
his nature, modest in his estimate of himself, nevertheless he most frequently
conveyed the impression to his hearers of superior
knowledge, not, however, from any self-conscious superiority, but essentially
because when he spoke it was by virtue of intensive investigation and study,
and therefore from knowledge.”
Mr.
Hughes has specialized in banking, insurance and corporate law, and in these
particular branches of the law, he has established an enviable reputation. Mr. Robinson, Mr. Hughes’ associate, is
special attorney for the Bureau of Power & Light. Mr. Hughes is a director and executive of a
number of large financial and industrial corporations.
Mr.
Hughes married Miss Annie Gertrude Kirke, a native of
Canada, August 29, 1896, who passed away March 12, 1911. To this union was born a daughter, Evelyn
Elizabeth Hughes. In 1933, on September
15, Mr. Hughes married Miss Mary Elizabeth Dailey, a daughter of Pennsylvania.
During
the period of the World War from June to December, 1918, Mr. Hughes served in
the U. S. Heavy Artillery and from the close of the war he held a commission as
captain in the Officers’ Reserve Corps until 1928. Fraternally he is a member of Henry S. Orme Lodge No. 458, F. & A. M.; Signet Chapter No. 57,
R. A. M.; Los Angeles Commandery No. 9, Knights
Templar, and Al Malaikah Temple. His clubs include the Brentwood Country Club
and Los Angeles Athletic Club. For many
years Mr. Hughes has been an active member of the Municipal League of Los
Angeles. Mr. Hughes is an ardent
supporter of amateur athletics. His
hobbies are hiking and book collecting.
Mr.
Hughes has taken an active and constructive interest in the civic and material upbuilding of Los Angeles and such have been his life and
labors as one of the world’s great army of constructive workers that there is
all of consistency in according him representation in this publication.
Transcribed
by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: California of the South
Vol. V, by John Steven McGroarty, Pages 375-376,
Clarke Publ., Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis. 1933.
© 2012 V.
Gerald Iaquinta.
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