Hughes baronets of East Bergholt (1773)

The Hughes baronetcy, of East Bergholt in the County of Suffolk, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 17 July 1773 for Richard Hughes, a captain in the Royal Navy and Commissioner of Portsmouth Dockyard. The 2nd Baronet was an Admiral of the Red and was second-in-command under Lord Howe during the Relief of Gibraltar in 1782. He also served as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.

Hughes baronets, of East Bergholt (1773)

• Sir Richard Hughes, 1st Baronet (–1779)
• Sir Richard Hughes, 2nd Baronet (c. 1729–1812)
• Sir Robert Hughes, 3rd Baronet (1739–1814)
• Sir Richard Hughes, 4th Baronet (1768–1833)
• Sir Richard Hughes, 5th Baronet (1803–1863)
• Sir Edward Hughes, 6th Baronet (1807–1871)
• Sir Frederick Hughes, 7th Baronet (1816–1889)
• Sir Thomas Collingwood Hughes, 8th Baronet (1800–1889)
• Sir Alfred Hughes, 9th Baronet (1825–1898)
• Sir (Alfred) Collingwood Hughes, 10th Baronet (1854–1932), High Sheriff of Suffolk from 1923 to 1924.
• Sir Reginald Johansson Hughes, 11th Baronet (1882–1945)
• Sir Robert Heywood Hughes, 12th Baronet (1865–1951)
• Sir Richard Edgar Hughes, 13th Baronet (1897–1970)
• Sir David Collingwood Hughes, 14th Baronet (1936–2003)
• Sir Thomas Collingwood Hughes, 15th Baronet (born 1966)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Alfred Collingwood Hughes (born 2001).

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