Baron Hylton is a title that has been created twice, once in thePeerage of England and once in thePeerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation[a] came in the Peerage of England 1295 when Robert Hylton was summoned to theModel Parliament as Lord Hylton bywrit. His son, Alexander, was called to Parliament in 1332 and 1335, but no further summons were sent for his descendants. Therefore, the title has only been heldde jure after the death of the second baron.[1] Indeed, the last baron wasMember of Parliament forCarlisle after "inheriting" the title, due to this anomaly. Despite this, the creation is deemed to have fallen intoabeyance on the death of the eighteenth baron without male heirs in 1746.
The second creation came in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1866 when the soldier andConservative politician,Sir William Jolliffe, 1st Baronet, was madeBaron Hylton of Hylton, Sunderland in the County Palatine of Durham and of Petersfield in the County of Southampton. He had already been created aBaronet, of Merstham in the County of Surrey, in 1821. He was the grandson ofWilliam Jolliffe (for many years Member of Parliament forPetersfield), and a co-heir of the original barony of Hylton through his grandmother Eleanor (the wife of William Jolliffe), daughter of Anne Hylton, sister of the eighteenth Baron of the 1295 creation.
Lord Hylton was succeeded by his second son, the second Baron. He notably representedWells in theHouse of Commons as a Conservative. His son, the third Baron, also represented Wells in Parliament as a Conservative and after entering theHouse of Lords notably served asCaptain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1918 to 1924.[2] His son, the fourth Baron, wasLord Lieutenant of Somerset from 1949 to 1964. As of 2017[update] the titles are held by the latter's eldest son, the fifth Baron. He is one of the ninety electedhereditary peers who remained in theHouse of Lords after theHouse of Lords Act of 1999. Lord Hylton sat as a cross-bencher until retiring in July 2023.
The principal seat of the Hylton family wasHylton Castle, Sunderland, with a subsidiary property atAmmerdown House, nearKilmersdon,Somerset.
Theheir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. William Henry Martin Jolliffe (b. 1967)
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Joseph William Charles Jolliffe (b. 2016)
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| Preceded by |  Jolliffe baronets of Merstham 20 August 1821 | Succeeded by |
