Cross Hospital. He also left bequests to the Institute of Electrical Engineers, the Société Internationale des Electriciens, the Royal Society, the Académie des Sciences de l'Institut, and to the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Awards The honours Hughes received as an inventor included: A Grand Gold Medal awarded at the Paris Exhibition, in 1867. Royal Society gold Medal in 1885. Society of Arts Albert Gold Medal in 1897. Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, presented by Napoleon III for his inventions and discoveries in 1860, granting him the title "Commander of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour". He was also awarded: The Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Italy) The Order of the Iron Crown (Austria) which carried with it the title of Baron (Freiherr) The Order of Saint Anne (Russia) The Noble Order of Saint Michael (Bavaria) Commander of the Imperial Order of the Grand Cross of the Medjidie (Turkey) Commander of the Royal and Distinguished Order of Carlos III (Spain) The Grand Officer's Star Collar of the Royal Order of Takovo (Serbia) Officer of the Order of Leopold (Belgium) Patents References External links davidedwardhughes.com - website with biographical information, images, newspaper clippings and other media Photo of Hughes Machine in use, 1934 . From The Register's "Geek's Guide" series 1831 births 1900 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery People from Clwyd Welsh emigrants to the United States Welsh male musicians Royal Medal winners Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur Recipients of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus Recipients of the Order of St. Anna Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Takovo Fellows of the Royal Society British inventors Telegraph engineers and inventors Radio pioneers European amateur radio operators Semiconductor physicists Experimental physicists People of the Victorian era 19th-century British male musicians