Sir Richard Hoghton, 1st Baronet (28 September 1570 – 1630) was a politician who sat in the

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between 1601 and 1611. He was born the eldest son of Thomas Hoghton of

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, Lancashire by Anne, the daughter of Henry Keighley of

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, Yorkshire. Thomas was killed in family feud in 1589. He was appointed

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for 1599 and was knighted in January 1600. In 1601 he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for

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and was re-elected MP for Lancashire in 1604. Houghton was one of the first ten baronets created, on 22 May 1611. Hoghton had alum works which

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visited on 16 August 1617 returning from his Scottish progress. In November 1617, when Hoghton was in a dispute with Sir Robert Bannister,

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and the

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advised King James that Hoghton's alum would compete with a royal venture, and so the king should compensate him.Samuel Rawson Gardiner, ''Fortescue Papers'', 1 (London: Camden Society, 1871), pp. 34–35: John Nichols, ''Progresses of James the First'', 3 (London, 1828), p. 399. Sir Richard was a suspected

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. Hoghton died in 1630. He had married firstly Catherine, the daughter of Sir Gilbert Gerard with whom he had five sons and eight daughters, and secondly Jane, the daughter of Thomas Spencer of Rufford and widow of Robert Hesketh, with whom he had two more sons. The

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was inherited by his eldest son Gilbert.

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