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]
Hoghton, later Bold-Hoghton, later de Hoghton baronets, of Hoghton Tower (1611)
^Morris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "De Hoghton (E) 1611, of Hoghton Tower, Lancashire". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 2 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's Ltd. pp. 4289–4290.
ISBN978-1-999767-0-5-1.
References
Betham, William (1801), The Baronetage of England: Or The History of the English Baronets, and Such Baronets of Scotland, as are of English Families; with Genealogical Tables, and Engravings of Their Coats of Arms, vol. 1, Burrell and Bransby, pp.
38–40