Editing Billy Hughes (section)

===Birth and family background===
[[File:Young Billy Hughes.jpg|thumb|upright|An [[Breeching (boys)|unbreeched]] Hughes at about the age of four]]
Hughes was born on 25 September 1862,<ref name=adb/> at 7 Moreton Place, [[Pimlico]], London, the son of William Hughes and the former Jane Morris. His parents were both Welsh. His father, who worked as a carpenter and joiner at the [[Palace of Westminster]], was from North Wales{{Efn|He was either from [[Holyhead]], [[Anglesey]], or from the [[Vale of Clwyd]] in [[Denbighshire]].}} and was a fluent [[Welsh language|Welsh]] speaker.{{sfn|Fitzhardinge|1964|p=1}} His mother, a domestic servant, was from the small village of [[Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain]] (near the English border), and spoke only English. Hughes was an [[only child]]; at the time of their marriage, in June 1861, his parents were both 37 years old.{{sfn|Fitzhardinge|1964|p=2}}