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Billy Hughes
Sign in to saveAlso known as William Morris Hughes, William Hughes, The Right Honourable William Hughes, W.M. Hughes, William Morris "Billy" Hughes
Australian politician (1862–1952), 7th Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923
Key facts
- Monarch
- George V
- Governors general
- Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson , Lord Forster
- Preceded by
- Andrew Fisher
- Succeeded by
- Stanley Bruce
- Deputy
- George Pearce
- Leader
- Andrew Fisher
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Hughes
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Sydney
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Position held
- Attorney-General for Australia
- Political party
- Liberal Party of Australia
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Baptists
- Image
- Billy Hughes 1919.jpg
- Work location
- Canberra
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- name in native language
- Billy Hughes
- Commons category
- Billy Hughes
- date of birth
- 1862-09-25
- date of death
- 1952-10-28
- Commons gallery
- Billy Hughes
- honorific prefix
- The Right Honourable
- candidacy in election
- 1919 Australian federal election
- writing language
- English language
- P12749
- Reinhard Scheer
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Encyclopedic overview
Personal details BornWilliam Morris Hughes (1862-09-25)25 September 1862 Pimlico, London, England
Died28 October 1952(1952-10-28) (aged 90) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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