Sir John Hotham, 3rd Baronet (2 August 165525 August 1691) was an English politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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from 1689 to 1690.
Hotham was the son of
Sir John Hotham, 2nd Baronet and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sapcote Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Beaumont of Swords. He inherited the
baronetcy
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on the death of his father in 1689.
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In 1689, Hotham was elected Member of Parliament for Beverley
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in succession to his father.Charles
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1655 births
1691 deaths
English MPs 1689–1690
Baronets in the Baronetage of England
John
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Works
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