The Hoghton or Houghton, later Bold-Hoghton, later de Hoghton Baronetcy, of

Hoghton Tower Hoghton Tower is a fortified manor house east of the village of Hoghton, Lancashire, England, and standing on a hilltop site on the highest point in the area. It takes its name from the de Hoghton family, its historical owners since at le ...

in the County of Lancashire, is a title in the

Baronetage of England Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. 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 East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. 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)

Blazon of Hoghton Baronets of Hoghton Tower (1611)

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) *

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) * Sir Richard Hoghton, 3rd Baronet (–1678) * Sir Charles Hoghton, 4th Baronet (c. 1644–1710) *

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) * Sir Henry Hoghton, 6th Baronet (1728–1795) * Sir Henry Philip Hoghton, 7th Baronet (1768–1835) *Sir Henry Bold-Hoghton, 8th Baronet (1799–1862) *Sir Henry de Hoghton, 9th Baronet (1821–1876) * Sir Charles de Hoghton, 10th Baronet (1823–1893) * Sir James de Hoghton, 11th Baronet (1851–1938) * Sir Cuthbert de Hoghton, 12th Baronet (1880–1958) * Sir (Henry Philip) Anthony Mary de Hoghton, 13th Baronet (1919–1978) * Sir (Richard) Bernard Cuthbert de Hoghton, 14th Baronet (born 1945)

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* * {{s-end De Hoghton 1611 establishments in England