Baron Hotham

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Baron Hotham, of

.

George Frederick Hotham, brother of the third Baron. He, like his successor and younger brother, the fifth Baron, died unmarried. The latter was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, the sixth Baron. He was the son of Reverend William Francis Hotham, second son of the second Baron.

On the death of the sixth Baron, that line of the family also failed and the titles passed to his first cousin twice removed, the seventh Baron. He was the great-grandson of the third son of the third Baron. As of 2013^[update] the titles are held by his third son, the eighth Baron, who succeeded in 1967.

The Baronetcy, of Scorborough in the County of York, was created in the

On his death in 1767 the line of the fifth Baronet failed and the title passed to the late Baronet's uncle, the seventh Baronet. His eldest son, the eighth Baronet, a Lieutenant-General in the Army, represented

Lord Bishop of Clogher

. He was succeeded by his son, the tenth Baronet. On his death in 1811 the title was inherited by the aforementioned eleventh Baronet, who had already been elevated to the peerage as Baron Hotham.

The family seat is

, East Riding of Yorkshire.

Hotham Baronets of Scorborough (1622)

• Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet (died 1645)
• Sir John Hotham, 2nd Baronet (1632–1689)
• Sir John Hotham, 3rd Baronet (1655–1691)
• Sir Charles Hotham, 4th Baronet (c. 1663–1723)
• Sir Charles Hotham, 5th Baronet
  (1693–1738)
• Sir Charles Hotham, 6th Baronet (died 1767)
• Sir Beaumont Hotham, 7th Baronet (died 1771)
• Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson, 8th Baronet (1729–1794)
• Sir John Hotham, 9th Baronet (1734–1795)
• Sir Charles Hotham, 10th Baronet (1766–1811)
• Sir William Hotham, 11th Baronet (1736–1813) (had been created Baron Hotham in 1797)

Barons Hotham (1797)

• William Hotham, 1st Baron Hotham (1736–1813)
• Beaumont Hotham, 2nd Baron Hotham (1737–1814)
• Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham (1794–1870)
• Charles Hotham, 4th Baron Hotham (1836–1872)
• John Hotham, 5th Baron Hotham (1838–1907)
• Frederick William Hotham, 6th Baron Hotham (1863–1923)
• Henry Frederick Hotham, 7th Baron Hotham (1899–1967)
• Henry Durand Hotham, 8th Baron Hotham (born 1940)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. William Beaumont Hotham (born 1972).
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Merlin Frederick Hotham (born 2006).

References

Work cited

• Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A,
  Fleet street, London, UK: Dean & Son. p. 485.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link
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• Morris, Susan (20 April 2020). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019.
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