HOGHTON, Sir Henry, 5th Bt. (c.1678-1768), of Hoghton Tower, nr. Preston, Lancs.

Family and Education

b. c. 1678, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Charles Hoghton, 4th Bt.†, by Mary, da. of John Skeffington, 2nd Visct. Masserene [I]. educ. M. Temple 1695. m. (1) (with £5,000) Oct. 1710, Mary (d. 1720), da. of Sir William Boughton, 4th Bt.*, s.p.; (2) 14 Apr. 1721, Elizabeth (d. 1736), da. and coh. of Richard Lloyd, mercer, of London, wid. of Ld. James Russell*, s.p.; (3) (with £8,000) Susanna, da. of Thomas Butterworth of Manchester, Lancs., s.p. suc. fa. as 5th Bt. 10 June 1710. BL, Verney mss mic. 636/54, Lady Cave to Ld. Fermanagh (John Verney*), 23 Oct. 1710.

Offices Held

Freeman, Preston 1682; burgess, Wigan 1710. Preston Guild Rolls (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 187; Wigan RO, Wigan bor. recs. AB/MR/10.

Commr. forfeited estates 1716–25; judge-adv.-gen. 1734–41. De Hoghton Deeds (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lxxxviii), 258.

Parlimentarian

HOGHTON, Sir Henry, 5th Bt. (c.1679-1768), of Hoghton Tower, nr. Preston, Lancs.

Main residence: Hoghton Tower, nr. Preston, Lancs.

Author

E.C.

R.D.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

HOGHTON, Sir Henry, 5th Bt. (c.1678-1768)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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