Baron Hylton
Baron Hylton is a title that has been created twice, once in the
The second creation came in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1866 when the soldier and Conservative politician, Sir William Jolliffe, 1st Baronet, was made Baron Hylton of Hylton, Sunderland in the County Palatine of Durham and of Petersfield in the County of Southampton. He had already been created a Baronet, of Merstham in the County of Surrey, in 1821. He was the grandson of William Jolliffe (for many years Member of Parliament for Petersfield), and a co-heir of the original barony of Hylton through his grandmother Eleanor (the wife of William Jolliffe), daughter of Anne Hylton, sister of the eighteenth Baron of the 1295 creation.
Lord Hylton was succeeded by his second son, the second Baron. He notably represented
The principal seat of the Hylton family was Hylton Castle, Sunderland, with a subsidiary property at Ammerdown House, near Kilmersdon, Somerset.
Barons Hylton (1295)
- Robert Hylton, 1st Baron Hylton (d. 1322)
- Alexander Hylton, 2nd Baron Hylton (d. 1360)
- Robert Hylton, de jure 3rd Baron Hylton (1340–1377)
- Sir William Hylton, de jure 4th Baron Hylton (1356–1435)
- Sir Robert Hylton, de jure 5th Baron Hylton (1385–1447)
- William Hylton, de jure 6th Baron Hylton (d. 1457)
- Sir William Hylton, de jure 7th Baron Hylton (1451–1500)
- Sir William Hylton, de jure 8th Baron Hylton (d. 1535)
- Sir Thomas Hylton, de jure 9th Baron Hylton (d. 1560)
- Sir William Hylton, de jure 10th Baron Hylton (c. 1510–1565)
- Sir William Hylton, de jure 11th Baron Hylton (d. 1600)
- Henry Hylton, de jure 12th Baron Hylton (1586–1641)
- Robert Hylton, de jure 13th Baron Hylton (d. 1641), brother of Henry
- John Hylton, de jure 14th Baron Hylton (d. 1655)
- John Hylton, de jure 15th Baron Hylton (1628–1670)
- Henry Hylton, de jure 16th Baron Hylton (1637–1712)
- Richard Hylton, de jure 17th Baron Hylton (d. 1722)
- John Hylton, de jure 18th Baron Hylton (1699–1746) (abeyant)
Barons Hylton (1866)
- William George Hylton Jolliffe, 1st Baron Hylton (1800–1876)
- Hedworth Hylton Jolliffe, 2nd Baron Hylton (1829–1899)
- Hylton George Hylton Jolliffe, 3rd Baron Hylton (1862–1945)
- William George Hervey Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton (1898–1967)
- Raymond Hervey Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton (b. 1932)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. William Henry Martin Jolliffe (b. 1967)
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Joseph William Charles Jolliffe (b. 2016)
See also
References
- ^ The Gentlemen's Magazine at Google Books
- ^ Hesilrige 1921, p. 496.
Note
Sources
- C.R. (1993), "Felton, Sir John (c.1339-1396), of Edlingham, Northumb.", in Roskell, J.S.; Clark, L.; Rawcliffe, C. (eds.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, Boydell and Brewer
- Kidd, Charles (1903). Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage. 160A, )
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A, )
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages – Peerages beginning with "H" (part 5)[better source needed]