Sir John Hotham, 2nd Baronet

Sir John Hotham, 2nd Baronet (21 March 1632 – 29 March 1689) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1685 and in 1689.

Hotham was the son of Captain John Hotham. He inherited the baronetcy in 1645 after his father and grandfather the 1st Baronet were executed by the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War.[1]

In 1660, Hotham was elected Member of Parliament for Beverley in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Beverley in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1685. He was re-elected MP for Beverley in 1689 and sat until his death.[2] He was Custos Rotulorum of the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1660 to 1680.

Monument to Hotham at South Dalton church
  1. ^ John Burke A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage Volume 1
  2. ^ Hotham, Sir John, 2nd Bt., HistoryofParliamentonline.org. Accessed 17 December 2022.