Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham
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Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham (9 August 1794 - 12 December 1870), was a British soldier, peer and long-standing Conservative Member of Parliament.
Hotham was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Beaumont Hotham and Philadelphia Dyke. His father died when he was five years old. Hotham fought at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and later achieved the rank of General. In 1814 he had succeeded his grandfather as third Baron Hotham, but as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords. He was instead elected to the House of Commons for Leominster in 1820, a seat he held, with a brief exception for a few months in 1831, until 1841, and then represented the East Riding of Yorkshire between 1841 and 1868. By the time he retired from the House of Commons he was one of the longest-serving Members of Parliament.
Lord Hotham died in December 1870, aged 76. He never married and was succeeded in his titles by his nephew Charles.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Sir John Lubbock John Harcourt |
Member of Parliament for Leominster with Sir William Cuninghame-Fairlie 1820–1826 Thomas Bish 1826–1827 Rowland Stephenson 1827–1830 John Ward 1830 William Marshall 1830–1831 1820–May 1831 |
Succeeded by William Bertram Evans Thomas Brayen |
| Preceded by William Bertram Evans Thomas Brayen |
Member of Parliament for Leominster with William Bertram Evans 1831–1832 Thomas Bish 1832–1837 Charles Greenaway 1837–1841 December 1831–1841 |
Succeeded by Charles Greenaway James Wigram |
| Preceded by Richard Bethell Henry Broadley |
Member of Parliament for the East Riding of Yorkshire with Henry Broadley 1841–1851 Arthur Duncombe 1851–1868 1841–1868 |
Succeeded by Christopher Sykes William Henry Harrison-Broadley |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| Preceded by Beaumont Hotham |
Baron Hotham | Succeeded by Charles Hotham |
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- www.thepeerage.com
