Lord Hothfield Vanity Fair 17 August 1889

Henry James Tufton, 1st Baron Hothfield (4 June 1844 – 29 October 1926), known as Sir Henry James Tufton, 2nd Baronet, from 1871 to 1881, was a British peer,

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politician and owner and breeder of racehorses.

Biography

Hothfield was the son of Sir Richard Tufton, 1st Baronet, and his wife Adelaide Amelie Lacour. His father was the reputed natural son of Henry Tufton, 11th and last Earl of Thanet, and had succeeded to the Tufton estates on the death of the Earl in 1849. Hothfield succeeded his father as second Baronet in 1871 and in 1881 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Hothfield, of Hothfield in the County of Kent. The same year he was appointed

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, a post he held until 1926. He stood for election for the Liberal party in the 1880 general election in Westmorland. In 1886, he also served briefly as a

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(government whip in the

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) in the Liberal administration of

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. He was also a prominent breeder and owner of racehorses.

Family

Tufton married in 1872 Alice Harriet Argyll Stracey (d. 1914), daughter of Reverend William James Stracy-Clitherow. They had children, three sons and a daughter:Debrett′s Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 1902 * John Sackville Richard Tufton, 2nd Baron Hothfield (1873–1952); who was father of the third Baron. *Hon. Sackville Philip Tufton (b.1875); whose son succeeded as fourth Baron. *Hon. Rosamund Tufton (b.1877); married in 1907 Stuart Anderson. *Hon. Charles Henry Tufton (1879-1923); married in 1903 Stella Josephine Faudel-Phillips, daughter of Sir George Faudel-Phillips, 1st Baronet; whose son succeeded as fifth Baron, and is father of the current Baron. Lord Hothfield died in October 1926, aged 82, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son John. Lady Hothfield died in 1914.

Arms

References

* *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hothfield, Henry James Tufton, 1st Baron 1844 births 1926 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Liberal Party (UK) Lords-in-Waiting Lord-lieutenants of Westmorland Peers of the United Kingdom created by Queen Victoria