Thomas Hunter son of Hugh Hughes of Pwllheli, surgeon, and Elizabeth (baptismal record)
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In 1871 Thomas Hunter Hughes (34) of Pwllheli, unmarried, General Practitioner, member of the Royal College of Surgeons, and Licentiate of Apothecaries Company (London), was living in Tail Street West, Pwllheli, Caernarvon. With him was sister Jane Hunter Hughes (32) of Pwllheli, unmarried.
In 1881 T. H. Hughes (44) of Pwllheli, unmarried, medical coroner, General Practitioner, was living in Plasyward, Pwllheli, Denio, Caernarvon. Present was sister Jane H. Hughes (42) of Pwllheli, no occupation.
On 4 May 1889 Thomas Hunter Hughes was granted Administration of the personal estate of his brother Hugh Hunter Hughes of Penmaen, Gent.
In 1901 Thomas Hunter Hughes (64) of Pwllheli, single, medical coroner & farmer, was living in Penmaen Castle, Denio. Present were sisters (both single): Anne Hughes (66) of Abererch, living on her own means, Jane Hughes (62) of Pwllheli, living on her own means.
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Thomas Hunter Hughes died aged 67 years. 2
THOMAS HUNTER HUGHES, M.R.C.S.Eng., L.S.A.
Coroner for South Carnarvon
It is with great regret that we record the death of Dr. Thomas Hunter Hughes, which occurred at the age of 67, at his residence, Penmaen Castle, Pwllheli, on March 18th.
The eldest son of the late Mr. Hunter Hughes, M.R.C.S., of the same place, he was educated at St. Bartholomew's, and after taking his M.R.C.S. in the year 1858 returned to his native town, where he joined his father in practice, and continued to work until within a few days of his death. He held the post of Workhouse and District Medical Officer for many years, and on the death of his father about fifteen years ago was without opposition elected Coroner for South Carnarvon. The coronership has been in this family for three generations, and previously was held by a medical man.
He was the oldest member of the North Wales Branch of the British Medical Association, having joined it almost as soon as he was qualified. He was its President in the year 1895, and although he was not a very constant attendant at its meetings, he always took a very warm interest in its affairs. He had a very large practice, which extended over a wide area of South Carnarvon, and by all classes was held in the very highest esteem. By none will he be more missed than by the poor among whom he practised. To these he was always a firm and generous friend, his charity being dispensed in a quite unostentatious manner, and many a pauper's home has been cheered by his gifts in money and kind, without any one else being made aware of the source from which they emanated.
When the Volunteer movement was originated he took a commission in the then Flint and Carnarvon Battalion and held it for many years. He was a prominent agriculturist, and his advice and counsel on agricultural matters were the fruits of practical experience.
As a coroner he was always most courteous and painstaking, never allowing a single point to escape him in the conduct of an inquest; while his summing-up to the jury was invariably marked by precision and care. Although at times his medical confrères considered they were not called as witnesses when they ought to have been, his frank and, to his mind, sufficient explanation was couched in such a conciliatory spirit, that any trace of resentment was at once banished.
He was buried in the family vault at the Abererch Parish churchyard, his funeral being one of the largest seen in the district for many years, and testifying to the universal respect and esteem in which he was held.
He was unmarried, and leaves a brother (Dr. J. E. Hughes, of Nevin), and three sisters to mourn his loss. 3
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