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 was the eldest son of Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Baronet.[1]

In 1645, Hoghton was elected Member of Parliament for Lancashire in the Long Parliament.[2] Unlike his Royalist father, he was a zealous supporter of parliament and a firm adherent of the Presbyterian cause. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in April 1647.[1] In 1656 he was re-elected MP for Lancashire in the Second Protectorate Parliament.[3]

He was appointed Sheriff of Lancashire in 1659. After the restoration Hoghton was a patron of nonconformist ejected ministers.[1]

Family

Hoghton married Lady Sarah, daughter of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield, and had several sons and daughters: of the sons, those survived to maturity were:[4]

Character

One who knew him well gives this character of him:—"It has pleased Almighty God, by a sudden stroke, to make a sad breach in a worthy family, in taking away the chief head thereof; a person of great worth and honour, of an honourable extraction, of a generous disposition, and of a courteous, kind, and affable temper...".[4]

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Parliament of England
Preceded by
Ralph Ashton
Roger Kirkby
Member of Parliament for Lancashire
1645-1653
With: Ralph Ashton
Succeeded by
William West
John Sawry
Robert Cunliffe
Preceded by
Richard Holland
Gilbert Ireland
Richard Standish
William Ashurst
Member of Parliament for Lancashire
1656
With: Richard Holland
Gilbert Ireland
Richard Standish
Succeeded by
Sir George Booth Bt
Alexander Rigby


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