CREATIONS
10
BY JAMES
[e.]
T.
of 1706, the Earldom of 1714, and the Dukedom of 1715 became extinct, while the Dukedom of 1756 devolved (under the spec. rem.) on the Clinton family, and the Barony of 1762 devolved in like manner on his cousin and heir male as under. See fuller particulars in Peerage, under "Newcastle."
VI. 1768. Thomas (Pelham), Baron Pelham of Stanmer [1762], and 6th Baronet [1611], cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of Thomas Pelham, of Stanmer aforesaid (d. 1737), 3d s. (but the only one that had issue) of Henry Pelham, Clerk of the Pells (d. 1 April 1721), who was yr. br. of Thomas, 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton, both being sons of Sir John Pelham, 3d Bart. [1611]. He was b. 28 Feb. 1727/8, and suc. to the titles, as above (to the Baronetcy as heir male of the body of the grantee, and to the peerage under the spec. rem. of that dignity), 17 Nov. 1768. He was cr. 22 June 1801, EARL OF CHICHESTER. In those peerages this Baronetcy then merged, and still so continues. See Peerage, under "Chichester."
HOGHTON, cr,
sometime^
I.
1611.
22
or
HOUGHTON:
May
1611,
Bold-Hoghton,
1835-62,
afterwards, since 1862,
De Hoghton.
I. 1611. " Richard
Hoghton]
Houghton
[or
,
of
Houghton Tower,
Lancaster, Knt.," s. and h. of Thomas Hoghton, of the same, by Ann, da. of Henry Kighley, of Kighley, co. York, h. Sep. 1570; sue. his father, 21 Nov. 1589, being then under age was Knighted in Jan. 1600, by Queen Elizabeth was and Sheriff of Lancashire, 1598-99, and M.P. for that county in 1601 and 1604-05 was cr. a Bart, as above, at the institution of that order, 22 May 1611. In 1617, he entertained James I at Hoghton Tower, on his progress to Scotland. He m., in or before 1590, Catharine, da. of Sir Gilbert Gerard, of Gerards Bromley, co. Stafford, Knt., Master of the Rolls (1581-92), by Anne, da. of William Ratclifpe, of Wimersley, co. Lancaster. She d 17 Nov. 1617, aged 48 years and 6 months. He d. 12 Nov. 1630, aged 60 years, 6 weeks, and 2 days. CO.
II. 1630. Sir Gilbert Hoghton, or Houghton, Bart. [1611], of Hoghton, or Houghton, Tower aforesaid, s. and h., h. 1591 Knighted, 21 July 1604, at Whitehall; sue. to the Baronetcy, 12 Nov. 1630 was M.P. for Clitheroe, 1614, for Lancashire, 1621-22, 1626, and April to May 1640 and was greatly distinguished for his loyalty during the Civil Wars, in which his castle of Hoghton was partially destroyed. He m, Margaret, 1st da. and coheir of Sir Roger Aston, of Cranford, Middlesex, Master of the Wardrobe to James I, by Mary, da. of Andrew (Stewart), Lord Ochiltree [S.l. He d, April 1647. His widow d. 23 Dec. II.
1657.
III. 1647. Sir Richard Hoghton, Bart. [1611], of Hoghton Tower aforesaid, 2d but 1st surv. s. and h., aged 48 in 1664 ( Visit, of Lane.) ; sue. to the Baronetcy, April 1647 M.P. for Lancashire, 1646 till secluded in 1648, and 1656 58; Sheriff, 1658-59. He Sarah, da. of Philip (Stanhope), 1st Earl of Chesterfield, by his first wife Catherine, sister of Henry (Hastings), 5th Earl III.
1647.
of Huntingdon.
IV.
1678.
He
d. 3
Feb. 1677/8.
His widow was lur. at Walton, 21
IV. 1678.Sir Charles Hoghton, Bart.
[1611], of
May
1698.
Hoghton Tower
and h., aged 13 in 1664 sue. to the Baronetcy, Feb. 1677/8 was three times M.P. for Lancashire, 1679-81, 1681, and 1689-90. He m. (articles dat. 8 March 1676, fortune £5,000) Mary, 1st da. of John (Skeffington) 2d Viscount Massereene [I], by Mary, da. and h. of John (Clotworthy), 1st Viscount Massereene [I.]. He d. at Hoghton Tower 10 June 1710, in his 67th year. His widow d. 30 April 1732, aged 76. Both bur. at Walton on the Hill, co. Lancaster. M.I. aforesaid, 5th
but 1st surv.
s.
