Sir Henry Philip Hoghton, 7th Baronet (1768–1835) was a British politician who sat in the

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from 1795 to 1802. Hoghton was the elder son of

Sir Henry Hoghton, 6th Baronet Sir Heny Hoghton, 6th Baronet (1728–1795) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 25 years from 1768 to 1795. Early life Hoghton was the eldest son of Philip Hoghton and his first wife Elizabeth Slater, daughter of Thomas Sl ...

and his second wife Fanny Booth, daughter of Daniel Booth of Hutton Hall, Essex,

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, and was born on 12 June 1768. He was educated at

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from 1784 to 1785 and was admitted at St. John’s College, Cambridge in 1786. He was

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in 1794-5 and succeeded his father in the

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on 9 March 1795. He married Susannah Parker, widow of Thomas Townley Parker of Cuerden Hall and daughter of Peter Brooke of Astley Hall on 13 November 1797. Hoghton replaced his father as

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for Preston at an uncontested by-election on 26 March 1795. The Earl of Derby sponsored his election to

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on 14 November 1795. He was returned as MP for Preston in the 1796 general election after a contest. He did not speak in parliament and gave up his seat at the 1802 general election. Hoghton was

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of the

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from 1797 to 1803. He died on 27 November 1835.

References

Obituary The Gentleman's Magazine, Volumes 159-160 p 312.
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