Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham
Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham (9 August 1794 – 12 December 1870), was a British soldier, peer and long-standing Conservative Member of Parliament.
Biography
Hotham was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Beaumont Hotham of South Dalton, East Riding of Yorkshire and Philadelphia Dyke. His father died when he was five years old. He was educated at Westminster School.
He joined the army as an Ensign in the Coldstream Guards in 1810, and was promoted to captain in 1813, major in 1819, lieut.-colonel in 1825; colonel in 1838, major-general in 1851, lieut.-general in 1858 and full general in 1865. He fought in the Peninsular campaign of 1812–1814, including the Battle of Salamanca and the Battle of Vitoria and was at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
In 1814 he 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.
In 1771 he rebuilt at his own expense the Parish Church of South Dalton near to the family seat of Dalton Hall.
Lord Hotham died in December 1870, aged 76, and was buried in his church at South Dalton. He never married and was succeeded in his titles and estates by his nephew Charles.
References
- "HOTHAM, Beaumont, 3rd Bar. Hotham [I] (1794-1870), of South Dalton, Yorks. and 36 Davies Street, Mdx.". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Hotham
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Sir John Lubbock John Harcourt |
Member of Parliament for Leominster 1820 – May 1831 With: Sir William Cuninghame-Fairlie 1820–1826 Thomas Bish 1826–1827 Rowland Stephenson 1827–1830 John Ward 1830 William Marshall 1830–1831 |
Succeeded by William Bertram Evans Thomas Brayen |
| Preceded by William Bertram Evans Thomas Brayen |
Member of Parliament for Leominster December 1831 – 1841 With: William Bertram Evans 1831–1832 Thomas Bish 1832–1837 Charles Greenaway 1837–1841 |
Succeeded by Charles Greenaway James Wigram |
| Preceded by Richard Bethell Henry Broadley |
Member of Parliament for the East Riding of Yorkshire 1841 – 1868 With: Henry Broadley 1841–1851 Arthur Duncombe 1851–1868 |
Succeeded by Christopher Sykes William Harrison-Broadley |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| Preceded by Beaumont Hotham |
Baron Hotham 1814–1870 |
Succeeded by Charles Hotham |