Excerpt from The History of England: From the Death of George the Second in 1760, With Historical Illustrations and Portraits, A. D. 1760 to A. D. 1766

Thomas Smart Hughes, eldest surviving son of the Rev. Hugh Hughes, Curate of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, and also incumbent of Wolsey and Hardwick, was born at Nuneaton, August 25, 1786.

He received his earliest instruction from the Rev. J. S. Cobbold, first as a boy at the Nuneaton Grammar School, and afterwards, as a private pupil, at Wilby in Suffolk. Even at that time he already began to show decided signs, not only of his future ability, but of the special form in which it was to develope itself. Quickness in acquisition, especially of language, considerable imagination and originality, and great refinement of taste, were at all times more characteristic of his mind, than any unusual powers of reasoning or of thought: and these intellectual qualities were naturally accordant with the warm and affectionate temper, passionately excitable, and often childlike in its simplicity and enthusiasm, which remained, even to the last, almost unaffected by the experience of life. It was not to be expected that such a disposition could pass through the world without being subject to many delusions and much embarrassment, but it was one singularly attractive to all with whom it came in contact, and at no one period of his life, whether in childhood, youth, or manhood, did it fail to secure him warm and lasting friendships, wherever he was really known.

These qualities, already appearing in their first imperfect forms, were seen to require a wider sphere for their due development.

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