John T. Hughes (July 25, 1817 – August 11, 1862) was a Confederate military officer who served as a colonel in the Missouri State Guard and Confederate Army during the American Civil War . He might also have been a brigadier general at the time of his death but documentation of the appointment is lacking.
20-1943: John Hughes may refer to: Arts and Entertainment [ edit ] Literature [ edit ] John Hughes (poet) (1677–1720), English poet John Hughes (1790–1857) , English author John Ceiriog Hughes (1832–1887), Welsh poet John Hughes (writer) (born 1961), Australian author and essayist Performing arts [ edit ] John Hughes (1872–1914) , Welsh composer of Calon Lân and other hymn-tunes John Hughes (1873–1932) , Welsh composer of Cwm Rhondda and other hymn-tunes John Hughes (filmmaker) (1950–2009), American film director, writer, and producer John Hughes (Irish musician) (born 1950), Irish musician and manager of The Corrs John Hughes III (born 1976), American musician and founder of Hefty Records John Patrick Hughes, co-founder of Rhythm and Hues Studios Father John Hughes , character in British TV series Peaky Blinders Visual arts [ edit ] John Hughes (sculptor) (1865–1941), Irish sculptor John Hughes (art director) (1882–1954), American art director John Hughes (architect) (1903–1977), British architect John Hughes (ceramicist) (1935–2013), Welsh ceramicist Business and industry [ edit ] John Hughes (businessman) (1814–1889), Welsh developer in Ukraine John Hughes (merchant) (1825–1885), father of John Hughes (New South Wales politician) John Hughes (motor dealer) (born 1935), Australian businessman Law and politics [ edit ] John Hughes (Middlesex MP) (fl. 1542–1552), English Member of Parliament for Middlesex John Hughes (Pennsylvania politician) (1711–1772), colonial Pennsylvania politician John Bristow Hughes (1817–1881), grazier, developer and politician in
40-407: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John Hughes (poet) John Hughes (29 January 1677 – 17 February 1720) was an English poet, essayist and translator. Various of his works remained in print for a century after his death, but if he is remembered at all today it is for the use others made of his work. Texts of his were set by
60-520: Is more restrained, except for the length of the wig. As an amateur musician, Hughes mixed with composers and took part in the musical politics of the time, championing those who opposed over-dependence on the Italian language for singing. To prove his point he wrote many cantatas taking the form of recitative passages interspersed by sung airs. His first set of six "after the manner of the Italians"
80-742: The Camp Jackson Affair , after which he joined the Missouri State Guard and was elected colonel of the 1st Regiment, 4th Division. He participated in the Battle of Carthage and the Battle of Wilson's Creek . He was slightly wounded in the Siege of Lexington . At the Battle of Pea Ridge in March 1862, Hughes took over command of a brigade from the wounded Brigadier general William Yarnell Slack . Hughes returned to Missouri in
100-515: The Dead (1708), a work that a century later was to serve as the model for Landor's Imaginary Conversations . But his most successful work was the Letters of Abelard and Heloise (1713), translated from a French version, of which there were numerous new editions for over a century. Its popularity can partly be explained by its having served as the basis for Pope's " Eloisa to Abelard ", and that poem
120-2588: The Missouri State Guard and Confederate Army John Gethin Hughes (1866–1954), New Zealand law clerk and military leader John H. Hughes (general) (1876–1953), U.S. Army major general John Arthur Hughes (1880–1955), American Medal of Honor recipient Religion [ edit ] John Hughes (priest, 1787–1860) , Welsh clergyman John Hughes (archbishop) (1797–1864), American Roman Catholic prelate John Wesley Hughes (1852–1932), American minister and founder of Kingswood College John Hughes (bishop of Croydon) (1908–2001), English Anglican bishop John Poole-Hughes (1916–1988), Bishop of South-West Tanganyika and Bishop of Llandaff John Hughes (priest) (1924–2008), British Anglican priest John Hughes (bishop of Kensington) (1935–1994), British Anglican bishop John Hughes (theologian) (1979–2014), British scholar and Dean of Chapel and Chaplain at Jesus College, Cambridge Science and medicine [ edit ] John Hughes (neuroscientist) (born 1942), British neuroscientist John Hughes (computer scientist) (born 1958), Swedish computer scientist John F. Hughes , American computer scientist Sports [ edit ] Association football (soccer) [ edit ] John Hughes (footballer, born 1855) (1855–1914), Cambridge University A.F.C. and Wales international footballer John Hughes (footballer, born 1877) (1877–1950), Welsh international footballer, played for Liverpool John Iorweth Hughes (1913–1993), Welsh international footballer John Hughes (footballer, born 1921) (1921–2003), English footballer, played for Birmingham City John Hughes (footballer, born 1942) , Welsh footballer, played for Chester City John Hughes (footballer, born 1943) (1943–2022), Scottish footballer, played for Celtic John Hughes (footballer, born 1964) , Scottish footballer and manager, played for Falkirk John Hughes (soccer, born 1965) , Canadian soccer player Other sports [ edit ] John Hughes (cricketer, born 1825) (1825–1907), English cricketer John Hughes (ice hockey, born 1954) , Canadian ice hockey player John Hughes (cricketer, born 1971) , English cricketer John Hughes (ice hockey, born 1988) , Canadian ice hockey player John Hughes (American football) (born 1988), American football player Others [ edit ] John Hughes (lawman) (1855–1947), Texas Ranger and cowboy of
140-750: The Old West John Hughes (editor) (1930–2022), Welsh-American journalist; editor of the Deseret News John Hughes (counselor) (1945–2012), American pioneer in alcohol- and drug-prevention John G. Hughes (born 1953), Irish academic administrator Other uses [ edit ] John Hughes, Antigua and Barbuda , a town in Saint Mary Parish, Antigua and Barbuda See also [ edit ] Jonathan Hughes (disambiguation) Jack Hughes (disambiguation) Hughes (surname) Topics referred to by
160-461: The arts, Hughes had to earn his living as a secretary at the Board of Ordnance . His poetry often dealt with patriotic themes and was judiciously dedicated to political lords but did not obtain for him a sinecure until late in his life. In fact his literary ability was mediocre, but he retained the friendship of such leading Augustan writers as Joseph Addison , Richard Steele and Alexander Pope . He
180-984: The early days of the Colony of South Australia John Hughes (New South Wales politician) (1857–1912), Australian politician John T. Hughes (politician) (1873–1921), American politician from Arizona, member of the 1st Arizona state legislature John Chambers Hughes (1891–1971), United States diplomat; ambassador to NATO John H. Hughes (politician) (1904–1972), New York state senator John Hughes (Coventry North East MP) (1925–2009), MP for Coventry North East John T. Hughes (intelligence officer) (1928–1992), U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency officer John Owen Hughes (died 1945), British businessman and politician in Hong Kong John Hughes (British diplomat) (born 1947), British diplomat and Ambassador to Argentina Military [ edit ] John T. Hughes (Confederate officer) (1817–1862), colonel in
200-677: The foremost composers of the day and his translation of the Letters of Abelard and Heloise was a major source for Alexander Pope's Eloisa to Abelard . Hughes was born in Marlborough, Wiltshire , the elder son of John Hughes, clerk in the Hand-in-Hand Fire Office, Snow Hill, London, and his wife Anne Burges, daughter of Isaac Burges of Wiltshire. He was educated in London, receiving the rudiments of learning in private schools. Emerging from education with an interest in all
220-455: The opera Calypso and Telemachus . This had an introduction that repeated much the same points as the earlier preface to the cantatas, with the addition of a vigorous commendation by Topham Foot asserting that, with the advent of "our own British Muse", Single cantatas by Hughes were also set by Henry Purcell , Nicola Francesco Haym and George Frideric Handel , and an "Ode in Praise of Music"
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260-603: The summer of 1862 to recruit for the Confederacy. At this time he may have been appointed as either an acting Confederate or Missouri State Guard brigadier general. No record of the appointment has been found but he was known as "general." He, his recruits, and several other recruiting or partisan bands united to attack the garrison of Independence, Missouri , on August 11, 1862, with Hughes in overall command. During this battle (the First Battle of Independence ), he
280-403: The trek upon his discharge in 1847. Hughes' book provided national fame and following his move to Plattsburg, Missouri in 1848, he became editor of a Clinton County, Missouri , newspaper, the school superintendent, militia colonel, and state representative in 1854. He was also a planter and slaveowner. Hughes was a cousin to Sterling Price and like Price professed Conditional Unionism until
300-719: The very end of his life, when his tragedy, The Siege of Damascus , was put on at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in February 1720. News of its successful first performance only reached the author on the night that he died, of tuberculosis , in London. Many more performances and revivals followed through the course of the century. Among his scholarly work can be included his contributions to White Kennett 's Complete History of England (1706) and his own six-volume edition of The Works of Mr. Edmund Spenser (1715). He also translated Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle 's Dialogues of
320-467: Was born July 25, 1817, near Versailles, Kentucky , to Samuel and Nancy (Price) Hughes. His family moved to Fayette, Missouri , when he was very young. He was an 1844 graduate of Bonne Femme College and taught school until the outbreak of the Mexican War in 1846. He enlisted as a private in the 1st Regiment Missouri Mounted Volunteers of Doniphan's expedition and penned his personal account of
340-627: Was eventually added to Hughes work in later editions. As Richard Steele noted in his article on the death of Hughes, he was in ill-health through much of his life. After his death from consumption , he was buried under the chancel of St. Andrew, Holborn . His brother-in-law collected his poetry and some essays in 1735 and Samuel Johnson devoted a short article to him in the Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets . John T. Hughes (Confederate officer) John Taylor Hughes
360-424: Was in the company of all these as a contributor to The Spectator , and also wrote essays for several other periodicals of the day. In one on "The Inventory of a Beau" he describes a picture of himself as a young man about town wearing "a well trimmed blue suit, with scarlet stockings rolled above the knee, a large white peruke , and a flute half an ell long". His portrait by Godfrey Kneller some two decades later
380-451: Was performed in 1703 in a setting by Philip Hart . The ode was another favourite form used by Hughes, written in the pindarics popularised by Abraham Cowley , although in this particular he was at odds with his Augustan friends. Besides dramatic compositions for music, Hughes had been trying his hand at plays since his schooldays, and had also translated scenes or whole plays from other languages, but he never had success in this form until
400-474: Was prefaced by a defence of the use of English for such compositions, pleading that comprehension of the words adds to the pleasure, and that recitative provides variety. The cantatas were set by Johann Christoph Pepusch , for whom Hughes wrote many more, as well as an ode for the birthday of the Princess of Wales and the masque "Apollo and Daphne". He also wrote cantatas for Johann Ernst Galliard , as well as
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