Christopher Hughes Jr. - People - Department History
Christopher Hughes Jr. (1786–1849)
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State of Residence: Maryland
- Chargé d’Affaires (Sweden)
Appointed: January 21, 1819
Termination of Mission: Presented recall about July 5, 1825- Served at the court of Sweden and Norway; resident at Stockholm. No report has been found concerning Hughes’s presentation of credentials as Chargé d’Affaires en titre; he had been serving at Stockholm as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim since October 1818.
- Chargé d’Affaires (Netherlands)
Appointed: March 9, 1825
Presentation of Credentials: July 10, 1826
Termination of Mission: Superseded January 28, 1830 - Chargé d’Affaires (Sweden)
Appointed: March 3, 1830
Presentation of Credentials: August 16, 1830
Termination of Mission: Left post on September 22, 1841- Served at the court of Sweden and Norway; resident at Stockholm.
- Chargé d’Affaires (Netherlands)
Appointed: May 12, 1842
Presentation of Credentials: August 22, 1842
Termination of Mission: Presented recall on June 28, 1845 - Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Netherlands)
- Nomination of December 11, 1828, tabled by the Senate.