| Patricia Donoho Hughes | |
| Birth Name: | Patricia Donoho |
| Birth Date: | 18 August 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Delaware, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Denton, Maryland, U.S. |
| Profession: | Teacher |
| Order: | First Lady of Maryland |
| Term Label: | In role |
| Term Start: | January 17, 1979 |
| Term End: | January 21, 1987[1] |
| Predecessor: | Jeanne Dorsey Mandel |
| Successor: | Frances Hughes Glendening |
| Alma Mater: | Sorbonne (1949), Bryn Mawr College (1951), University of Delaware (1966) |
| Children: | 2 |
Patricia Donoho Hughes (August 18, 1930 – January 20, 2010) was a First Lady of Maryland, married to former Maryland Governor Harry Hughes. She was educated at Sorbonne (1949) and Bryn Mawr College (1951).[2] She and Hughes eloped on February 7, 1950, and got a marriage licence in Prince George's county before officially getting married on June 30, 1951.[3] [4] She later continued her education at the University of Delaware (1966). Mrs. Hughes was a teacher and educator by profession.
While serving as first lady in the 1980s, she worked to restore Government House, the governor's mansion.[5]
The Hughes family lived in Denton, Maryland, and have two daughters, Ann and Elizabeth.
Hughes died on January 20, 2010, in Denton, aged 79, after 16 years of battling Parkinson's disease.[6]