Sir John Hotham, 9th Baronet, DD (1734–1795) was an English

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and

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. He served in the

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as the

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from 1779 to 1782 and

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from 1782 to 1795. A member of the Hotham family, he was born in February or 16 March 1734, the son of Sir Beaumont Hotham, 7th Baronet. Following his education at

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and

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, he was the

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and

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., ''The Province of Leinster'', p. 288. He married Susanna Mackworth, daughter of

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and Juliana Digby. He was nominated

on 22 October 1779 and

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on 14 November 1779; the principal

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was the Most Rev.

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, Archbishop of Dublin, with the Rt. Rev. Charles Jackson,

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and the Rt. Rev.

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, Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin serving as co-consecrators. Hotham was

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to the bishopric of Clogher by

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on 17 May 1782 and

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(by proxy) on 11 June 1782., ''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 382., ''The Province of Munster'', p. 83. On the death of his brother

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on 25 January 1794, John succeeded as the 9th Hotham Baronet of Scorborough. He died in office of a paralytic stroke at

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on 3 November 1795, aged 61, and was buried at

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, near

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in the

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