The Hoghton or Houghton, later Bold-Hoghton, later de Hoghton Baronetcy, of
Hoghton Tower in the County of Lancashire, is a title in the
Baronetage of England
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Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
King James I ...
. It was created on 22 May 1611 for
Richard Hoghton,
Member of Parliament for
Lancashire. The
Hoghton family had been landowners in Lancashire since the reign of
King Stephen and had been
Knights of the Shire for Lancashire since the 14th century. The second Baronet represented
Clitheroe and Lancashire in the
House of Commons and was a Royalist leader during the
Civil War. The third and fourth Baronets both sat as Members of Parliament for Lancashire. The fifth Baronet was Member of Parliament for
Preston
Preston is a place name, surname and given name that may refer to:
Places
England
*Preston, Lancashire, an urban settlement
**The City of Preston, Lancashire, a borough and non-metropolitan district which contains the settlement
**County Boro ...
and
East Looe
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Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...
while the sixth and seventh Baronets represented Preston. The eighth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Bold. In 1892 the ninth Baronet resumed, by Royal licence, the ancient family surname of de Hoghton.
Hoghton, later Bold-Hoghton, later de Hoghton baronets, of Hoghton Tower (1611)
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Sir Richard Hoghton, 1st Baronet
Sir Richard Hoghton, 1st Baronet (28 September 1570 – 1630) was a politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1601 and 1611.
He was born the eldest son of Thomas Hoghton of Hoghton Tower, Lancashire by Anne, the daughter of Henry Keig ...
(1570–1630)
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Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Baronet
Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Baronet (1591 – April 1648) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1640. He was a Royalist leader during the English Civil War.
Hoghton was the son of Sir Richard Hoghton, ...
(1591–1647)
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Sir Richard Hoghton, 3rd Baronet (–1678)
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Sir Charles Hoghton, 4th Baronet (c. 1644–1710)
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Sir Henry Hoghton, 5th Baronet
Sir Henry Hoghton, 5th Baronet (c.1678–1768) of Hoghton Tower, Lancashire was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1710 and 1741. He had strong dissenting religious views which sustained his militancy against the Jacobite ...
(c. 1678–1768)
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Sir Henry Hoghton, 6th Baronet (1728–1795)
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Sir Henry Philip Hoghton, 7th Baronet (1768–1835)
*Sir Henry Bold-Hoghton, 8th Baronet (1799–1862)
*Sir Henry de Hoghton, 9th Baronet (1821–1876)
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Sir Charles de Hoghton, 10th Baronet (1823–1893)
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Sir James de Hoghton, 11th Baronet (1851–1938)
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Sir Cuthbert de Hoghton, 12th Baronet (1880–1958)
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Sir (Henry Philip) Anthony Mary de Hoghton, 13th Baronet (1919–1978)
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* Sir (Richard) Bernard Cuthbert de Hoghton, 14th Baronet (born 1945)][
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De Hoghton
1611 establishments in England