De Hoghton baronets

De Hoghton baronets
Escutcheon of de Hoghton Baronets of Hoghton Tower
Creation date1611[1]
Statusextant[2]
MottoMalgré le tort, In spite of wrong[1]

The Hoghton or Houghton, later Bold-Hoghton, later de Hoghton Baronetcy, of Hoghton Tower in the County of Lancashire, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 22 May 1611 for Richard Hoghton, Member of Parliament for Lancashire. The Hoghton family had been landowners in Lancashire since the reign of King Stephen and had been Knights of the Shire for Lancashire since the 14th century. The second Baronet represented Clitheroe and Lancashire in the House of Commons and was a Royalist leader during the Civil War. 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.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. London: Debrett's Peerage. 2000. p. B308. ISBN 033354577X.
  2. ^ "Official Roll". The Standing Council of the Baronetage. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  3. ^ Cokayne 1900, pp. 10–12.
  4. ^ Betham 1801, pp. 38–40.