Francis Hughes-Hallett
Francis Hughes-Hallett | |
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"Rochester". Caricature by Ape published in Vanity Fair in 1886. | |
| Member of Parliament for Rochester | |
| In office 1885–1889 | |
| Preceded by | |
| Succeeded by | Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Francis Charles Hughes-Hallett 1838 |
| Died | 22 June 1903 |
| Political party | Conservative |
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.
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 in the investigation of the murder of Martha Tabram in Whitechapel in 1888, one of the cases linked with Jack the Ripper.