Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Baronet (1591 – April 1648) was an English politician who sat in the

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variously between 1614 and 1640. He was a

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leader during the

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Hoghton was the son of

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 Keighl ...

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, Lancashire. He became a courtier, and a favourite of

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and was knighted by the king at

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on 21 July 1604.

Biography

In 1614, Hoghton was elected

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for

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to the

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. and was then elected in 1621 to hold the county seat for

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until 1622. He was re-elected MP for Lancashire in 1626. In 1630 he inherited the

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on the death of his father. In April 1640, Hoghton was re-elected MP for

to the

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. He was

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in 1643. In the Civil War he was a prominent Lancastrian Royalist commander and the first to take action in the

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. In February 1643 he was present at the loss of Preston and later served at Chester. Hoghton Tower was used a Royalist garrison and part of the tower was accidentally blown up by parliamentary forces, killing a number of them. The estate was subsequently sequestered. Hoghton died in April 1648 and was buried at Preston.

Family

Hoghton had married Margaret (died 22 December 1657), the eldest daughter of four daughters and co-heiress of Sir Roger Aston of Cranford, Middlesex, with whom he had six sons and four daughters: # George, the eldest son, died young. #

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, succeeded to the title and estate. # Roger (died 1643), who was killed in the

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# Gilbert (died 1661), became a major in the regiment of

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, married Lettice, daughter and co-heir of Sir Francis Gamull of Chester # Thomas, died young; # Henry, captain of horse under James, Earl of Derby; married Mary, daughter of Peter Egerton of Shaw, in Lancashire, and widow of Sir Thomas Stanley of

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, in Lancashire. Of the daughters: #Catharine, married Thomas Preston of Holker, in Lancashire. #Mary, married Sir Hugh Calverly of

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. #Margaret, married

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of Middleton, in Lancashire. #Anne died young. He was succeeded by his son Sir Richard, who was able to recover the Hoghton estate.

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