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Hylton, Baron (UK, 1866)

Creation: let. pat. 16 Jul 1866

Family name: Jolliffe

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Argent on a Pile Vert three Dexter Hands proper (Jolliffe); 2nd and 3rd, Argent two Bars Azure (Hylton)

Crest:

A Cubit Arm erect the hand grasping a Scimitar proper vested Vert cuffed Argent on the sleeve a Pile of the last

Supporters:

On either side a Lion guardant Azure charged on the shoulder with three Annulets two and one Or

Motto:

Tant Que Je Puis (As much as I can)

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William George Hylton [Jolliffe], 1st Baron Hylton, PC

1st son of Rev John Jolliffe, of Merstham, co .Surrey (by his wife Julia Pytches, dau. and cohrss. of Sir Abraham Pytches, of Streatham, co. Surrey), son of William Jolliffe, of Merstham, co. Surrey, by his wife Eleanor Hylton, only surv. dau. and hrss. of Sir Richard Musgrave later Hylton, 5th Bt., of Hayton Castle, co. Durham

born

7 Dec 1800

mar. (1)

8 Oct 1825 Eleanor Paget (b. 2 May 1808; d. 23 Jul 1862; bur. at Merstham, co. Surrey), 2nd dau. of Hon Berkeley Thomas Paget (6th son of Henry [Bayly later Paget], 1st Earl of Uxbridge), by his wife Sophia Askell Bucknall, only surv. child of Hon William Grimston later Bucknall (by his wife Sophia Hoare, dau. and hrss. of Richard Hoare, of Boreham, co. Essex), 2nd son of James [Grimston], 2nd Viscount Grimston

mar. (2)

19 Jan 1867 Sophia Penelope Fox-Strangways (b. c. 1822; widow of William Thomas Horner [Fox-Strangways], 4th Earl of Ilchester;  dsp. 27 Aug 1882; bur. with her first husband at Abbotsbury, co. Dorset), 2nd dau. of Sir Robert Sheffield, 4th Bt., of Normanby Park, co. Lincoln, by his wife Julia Brigida Newbolt, dau. of Sir John Newbolt, Chief Justice of Bengal

died

1 Jun 1876 (bur. at Merstham, co. Surrey)

created

v.p. 20 Aug 1821 Baronet of the United Kingdom, styled "of Merstham"

16 Jul 1866 Baron Hylton, of Hylton in the County Palatine of Durham and of Petersfield in the County of Southampton

suc. by

son by first wife

note

a Capt in the Army; Member of Parliament (Tory) for Petersfield 1830-32, 1837-38 and 1841-66; High Sheriff of Surrey 1830-31; Under-Secretary for Home Affairs 1852; Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury 1858-59; Privy Councillor 1859

Hedworth Hylton [Jolliffe], 2nd Baron Hylton

born

23 Jun 1829

mar. (1)

30 Dec 1858 (b. 29 Oct 1833; div. 7 Mar 1872; d. at Baden-Baden 8 Apr 1878) his second cousin Lady Agnes Mary Georgiana Byng (d. 7 Apr 1878), 1st dau. of George Stevens [Byng], 2nd Earl of Strafford, by his first wife Lady Agnes Paget, 5th dau. by his first wife of William [Paget], 1st Marquess of Anglesey

mar. (2)

26 Apr 1879 Anne Wyndham-Quin (widow of Edward Richard Windham [Wyndham-Quin], 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl;  d. 30 Oct 1917), dau. of Henry Lambert MP, of Carnagh, co. Wexford, by his wife Catherine Talbot, yst. dau. of William Talbot, of Castle Talbot, co. Wexford

died

31 Oct 1899 (bur. at Merstham, co. Surrey)

suc. by

son by first wife

note

served in the 4th Light Dragoons 1849-55; Capt, Coldstream Guards 1855; fought at the Battles of Alma and Inkerman and in the Light Cavalry charge at Balaclava; Member of Parliament (Conservative) for Wells 1855-68

Hylton George Hylton [Jolliffe], 3rd Baron Hylton

born

10 Nov 1862

mar.

29 Aug 1896 Lady Alice Adeliza Hervey (b. 9 Mar 1874; d. 27 Aug 1962), 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Frederick William John [Hervey], 3rd Marquess of Bristol, by his wife Geraldine Georgiana Mary Anson, 5th dau. and cohrss. of Gen Hon George Anson

died

26 May 1945

suc. by

son

note

2nd Secretary in the Diplomatic Service; Member of Parliament (Conservative) for Wells 1895-99 ; FSA 1908; a Lord-in-Waiting under the Coalition Ministry 1915

William George Hervey [Jolliffe], 4th Baron Hylton

born

2 Dec 1898

mar.

14 Jan 1931 Lady Perdita Rose Mary Asquith, granted the precedence of the daughter of an Earl by Royal Warrant 30 Apr 1928 (b. 1910; d. 17 May 1996), 2nd dau. of Lieut Raymond Asquith (by his wife Katherine Frances Horner, dau. of Sir John Horner KCVO, of Mells, co. Somerset), 1st son and heir ap. by his first wife of Herbert Henry [Asquith], 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith

died

14 Nov 1967

suc. by

son

note

served in World War I 1914-18; 2nd Lieut, Coldstream Guards 1917; Lieut 1919; ADC to the Governor General of Canada 1921-23

Raymond Hervey [Jolliffe], 5th Baron Hylton

born

13 Jun 1932

mar.

29 Jun 1966 Joanna Ida Elizabeth de Bertodano, 1st dau. of Andrew Ramon Dalzell de Bertodano (by his wife Lady Mary Elspeth Sylvia Savile, 3rd dau. of John Henry [Savile], 6th Earl of Mexborough), 1st son of Frederick Ramon de Bertodano, 8th Marquis del Moral, by his first wife Lady Ida Elizabeth Dalzell, 1st dau. of Robert Harris Carnwath [Dalzell], 11th Earl of Carnwath

children

1. Hon William Henry Martin Jolliffe (b. 1 Apr 1967), mar. 28 Aug 2015 Dr Pia M Vogler

2. Hon Andrew Thomas Peter Jolliffe (b. 29 Jun 1969)

3. Hon Alexander John Charles Martin Jolliffe (b. 10 Feb 1973)

4. Hon John Edward Arthur Jolliffe (b. 1977)

1. Hon Emily Sylvia Rose Elizabeth Jolliffe (b. 1975)

note

elected to the House of Lords 1999

 Last updated 18 Oct 2015

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Titles:

5th Baron Hylton, of Hylton in the County Palatine of Durham and of Petersfield in the County of Southampton

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 16 Jul 1866)

5th Baronet, styled "of Merstham"

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 20 Aug 1821)

Address:

Kingmans Farm, Hemington, Radstock BA3 5UR

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