The Hoghton or Houghton, later Bold-Hoghton, later de Hoghton Baronetcy, of

Hoghton Tower Hoghton Tower is a fortified manor house east of the village of Hoghton, Lancashire, England, and standing on a hilltop site on the highest point in the area. It takes its name from the de Hoghton family, its historical owners since at l ...

in the County of Lancashire, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 22 May 1611 for Richard Hoghton,

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for

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...

. The Hoghton family had been landowners in Lancashire since the reign of King Stephen and had been

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for Lancashire since the 14th century. The second Baronet represented

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and Lancashire in the

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and was a Royalist leader during the

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. The third and fourth Baronets both sat as Members of Parliament for Lancashire. The fifth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Preston and East Looe while the sixth and seventh Baronets represented Preston. The eighth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Bold. In 1892 the ninth Baronet resumed, by Royal licence, the ancient family surname of de Hoghton.

Hoghton, later Bold-Hoghton, later de Hoghton baronets, of Hoghton Tower (1611)

Blazon of Hoghton Baronets of Hoghton Tower (1611)

Sir Richard Hoghton, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Hoghton, 1st Baronet (28 September 1570 – 1630) was a politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1601 and 1611. He was born the eldest son of Thomas Hoghton of Hoghton Tower, Lancashire by Anne, the daughter of Henry Keighl ...

(1570–1630) * Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Baronet (1591–1647) *

Sir Richard Hoghton, 3rd Baronet Sir Richard Hoghton, 3rd Baronet (c. 1616 – 3 February 1678) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1656. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War. Biography Hoghton wa ...

(–1678) *

Sir Charles Hoghton, 4th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(c. 1644–1710) * Sir Henry Hoghton, 5th Baronet (c. 1678–1768) *

Sir Henry Hoghton, 6th Baronet Sir Heny Hoghton, 6th Baronet (1728–1795) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 25 years from 1768 to 1795. Early life Hoghton was the eldest son of Philip Hoghton and his first wife Elizabeth Slater, daughter of Thomas Sl ...

(1728–1795) * Sir Henry Philip Hoghton, 7th Baronet (1768–1835) *Sir Henry Bold-Hoghton, 8th Baronet (1799–1862) *Sir Henry de Hoghton, 9th Baronet (1821–1876) *

Sir Charles de Hoghton, 10th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(1823–1893) *

Sir James de Hoghton, 11th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(1851–1938) *

Sir Cuthbert de Hoghton, 12th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(1880–1958) *

Sir (Henry Philip) Anthony Mary de Hoghton, 13th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(1919–1978) *

Sir (Richard) Bernard Cuthbert de Hoghton, 14th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(born 1945)

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* * {{s-end De Hoghton 1611 establishments in England