Francis Hughes-Hallett
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Francis Charles Hughes-Hallett (1838 – 22 June 1903) was a Royal Artillery officer and Conservative politician who represented Rochester in the British House of Commons. He was damaged politically by a personal scandal.
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Francis Hughes-Hallett | |
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Member of Parliament for Rochester | |
In office 1885–1889 | |
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Succeeded by | Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen |
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Born | Francis Charles Hughes-Hallett 1838 |
Died | (1903-06-22)22 June 1903 |
Political party | Conservative |
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Hughes-Hallet was the son of Charles Madras Hughes-Hallett and his wife Emma Mary Roberts. He became a colonel in the Royal Artillery. In 1885 he was elected as Member of Parliament for Rochester and reelected in 1886. However, a personal scandal led to his being hounded by the press and shunned by his parliamentary colleagues and he stood down from Parliament in 1889. He was involved[citation needed] in the investigation of the murder of Martha Tabram in Whitechapel in 1888, one of the cases linked with Jack the Ripper.