Baron Hylton
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and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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. The first creation came in the Peerage of England 1295 when Robert Hylton was summoned to the Model Parliament
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as Lord Hylton by writ. His son, Alexander, was called to Parliament in 1332 and 1335, but no further summons were sent for his descendants. Therefore, the title has only been held de jure
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after the death of the second baron. Indeed, the last baron was Member of Parliament
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for Carlisle
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after "inheriting" the title, due to this anomaly. Despite this, the creation is deemed to have fallen into abeyance
Abeyance
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on the death of the eighteenth baron with male heirs in 1746.
The second creation came in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1866 when the soldier and Conservative
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politician, Sir William Jolliffe, 1st Baronet
William Jolliffe, 1st Baron Hylton
William George Hylton Jolliffe, 1st Baron Hylton PC , known as Sir William Jolliffe, Bt, between 1821 and 1866, was a British soldier and Conservative politician...
, was made Baron Hylton of Hylton 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
William Jolliffe (MP)
William Jolliffe was a long-standing British Member of Parliament.Jolliffe was elected to the House of Commons for Petersfield in 1768, a seat he held until 1802. He married Eleanor Hylton, daughter and heir of Sir Richard Hylton, 5th Baronet, and Anne, sister and co-heiress of John Hylton, de...
(for many years Member of Parliament for Petersfield
Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)
Petersfield was an English Parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Petersfield in Hampshire. It existed for several hundred years until its abolition for the 1983 general election....
), 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 Wells
Wells (UK Parliament constituency)
Wells is a county constituency centred on the city of Wells in Somerset. It elects one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system...
in the House of Commons
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as a Conservative. His son, the third Baron, also represented Wells in Parliament as a Conservative and after entering the House of Lords
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notably served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
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from 1918 to 1924. His son, the fourth Baron, was Lord Lieutenant of Somerset
Lord Lieutenant of Somerset
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from 1949 to 1964. the titles are held by the latter's eldest son, the fifth Baron. He is one of the ninety elected hereditary peer
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s who remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act
House of Lords Act 1999
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of 1999. Lord Hylton sits as a cross-bencher.
The principal seat of the Hylton family was Hylton Castle
Hylton Castle
Hylton Castle is a ruined stone castle in the North Hylton area of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Originally built from wood by the Hilton family shortly after the Norman Conquest in 1066, it was later rebuilt in stone in the late 14th to early 15th century...
, with a subsidiary property at Ammerdown House
Ammerdown House, Kilmersdon
Ammerdown House in Kilmersdon, Somerset, England was built in 1788. It has been designated as Grade I listed building.It was built as a country house with stables and an adjacent formal garden within landscaped parkland in emparked landscape by James Wyatt for Thomas Samuel Jolliffe...
in Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
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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 HyltonHenry Hylton, de jure 12th Baron HyltonHenry Hylton, de jure 12th Baron Hylton was an English nobleman, considered eccentric and sometimes given the name the Mad Baron....
(1586–1641) - Robert Hylton, de jure 13th Baron Hylton (d. 1641)
- 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 HyltonJohn Hylton, de jure 18th Baron HyltonJohn Hylton, de jure 18th Baron Hylton was an English politician.Hylton was the second son of John Hylton and his wife, Dorothy née Musgrave...
(1699–1746) (abeyant)
Barons Hylton (1866)
- William George Hylton Jolliffe, 1st Baron HyltonWilliam Jolliffe, 1st Baron HyltonWilliam George Hylton Jolliffe, 1st Baron Hylton PC , known as Sir William Jolliffe, Bt, between 1821 and 1866, was a British soldier and Conservative politician...
(1800–1876) - Hedworth Hylton Jolliffe, 2nd Baron HyltonHedworth Jolliffe, 2nd Baron HyltonHedworth Hylton Jolliffe, 2nd Baron Hylton , was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament.-Birth and education:Hylton was the second son of William George Hylton Jolliffe, 1st Baron Hylton, and Eleanor Paget...
(1829–1899) - Hylton George Hylton Jolliffe, 3rd Baron HyltonHylton Jolliffe, 3rd Baron HyltonHylton George Hylton Jolliffe, 3rd Baron Hylton was a British peer and Conservative politician.Hylton was the eldest son of Hedworth Jolliffe, 2nd Baron Hylton, and Lady Agnes Mary Byng. Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey was his maternal great-grandfather...
(1862–1945) - William George Hervey Jolliffe, 4th Baron HyltonWilliam Jolliffe, 4th Baron HyltonWilliam George Hervey Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton , was a British peer and soldier.Hylton was the son of Hylton Jolliffe, 3rd Baron Hylton, and Lady Alice Adeliza Hervey. He achieved the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Coldstream Guards and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Somerset from 1949 to...
(1898–1967) - Raymond Hervey Jolliffe, 5th Baron HyltonRaymond Jolliffe, 5th Baron HyltonRaymond Hervey Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton ARICS is a British peer and landowner. He was one of 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999....
(b. 1932)
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
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is the present holder's son the Hon. William Henry Martin Jolliffe (b. 1967)