Beaumont Hotham, 2nd Baron Hotham (1737–1814) was an English judge and politician who sat in the

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from 1768 to 1774.

Life

He was the fourth son of Sir Beaumont Hotham, 7th Baronet and his wife Frances Thompson of Welton, Yorkshire;

Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson, 8th Baronet General Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson, 8th Baronet (18 June 1729 – 25 January 1794) was a British Army officer and Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of Sir Beaumont Hotham, 7th Bt., of Beverley, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. He wa ...

was the eldest son. He became a Lord Commissioner of the Great Seal in 1783 and a

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for thirty years, from 1784 until February 1805. He became 2nd Baron Hotham in May 1813 upon the death of his elder brother,

William Hotham, 1st Baron Hotham Admiral William Hotham, 1st Baron Hotham (8 April 1736 – 2 May 1813) was a Royal Navy officer. He was the son of Sir Beaumont Hotham (died 1771), a lineal descendant of Sir John Hotham. Biography Hotham was educated at Westminster School and ...

. He was succeeded as 3rd baron by his grandson,

Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham (9 August 1794 – 12 December 1870), was a British soldier, peer and long-standing Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament. Biography Hotham was the son ...

(1794–1870). He was an MP for

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from 1768 to 1774, and helped prepare the

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. He resigned for his appointment as

; he was then succeeded in Parliament in the by-election of 1775 by John Morton.

Family

Hotham married in 1767 Susanna Hankey, daughter of Sir Thomas Hankey, as her second husband. They had threes sons and three daughters. Of the children: *Beaumont (1768–1799) married Philadelphia Dyke (died 1808), daughter of Sir John Dixon Dyke, 3rd Baronet, and was the father of

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(1777–1833), Royal Navy officer *Frederick (died 1854), a cleric. *Frances, married in 1797 John Sutton. *Amelia, married in 1798 John Woodcock. *Louisa, married firstly Sir Charles Edmonstone, 2nd Baronet, and secondly Charles Woodcock.

References

Monumental inscription in South Dalton church, Yorkshire 1737 births 1814 deaths Barons of the Exchequer Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1768–1774 British MPs 1774–1780 Barons in the Peerage of Ireland Beaumont {{US-judge-stub