| 词条 | Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Baronet |
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Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Baronet (1591 – April 1648) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1640. He was a Royalist leader during the English Civil War. Hoghton was the son of Sir Richard Hoghton, 1st Baronet of Hoghton Tower, Lancashire. He became a courtier, and a favourite of King James I and was knighted by the king at Whitehall on 21 July 1604. {{sfn|Betham|1801|p=37}}{{sfn|Shaw|1906|p=134}}BiographyIn 1614, Hoghton was elected Member of Parliament for Clitheroe to the Addled Parliament.{{sfn|Sgroi|2010}} and was then elected in 1621 to hold the county seat for Lancashire until 1622. He was re-elected MP for Lancashire in 1626.{{sfn|Sgroi|2010}} In 1630 he inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father.{{sfn|Nichols|1828|p=454}} In April 1640, Hoghton was re-elected MP for Lancashire to the Short Parliament.{{sfn|Sgroi|2010}} He was High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1643. In the Civil War he was a prominent Lancastrian Royalist commander and the first to take action in the Blackburn Hundred. In February 1643 he was present at the loss of Preston and later served at Chester.{{sfn|Broxap|1973|page=29}} Hoghton Tower was used a Royalist garrison and part of the tower was accidentally blown up by parliamentary forces, killing a number of them.{{sfn|Nichols|1828|p=454}} The estate was subsequently sequestered. Hoghton died in April 1648 and was buried at Preston.{{sfn|Pink|Beaven|1889|p=69}} FamilyHoghton had married Margaret (died 22 December 1657), the eldest daughter of four daughters and co-heiress of Sir Roger Aston of Cranford, Middlesex,{{sfn|Betham|1801|p=37}}{{efn|Hoghton's father-in-law, Sir Roger Aston, was a Gentleman of the Bedchamber and Master of the Great Wardrobe to King James I {{harv|Betham|1801|p=37}}.}} with whom he had six sons and four daughters:{{sfn|Betham|1801|pp=37–38}}
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He was succeeded by his son Sir Richard, who was able to recover the Hoghton estate.[1] Notes{{notelist}}1. ^{{cite web|url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/houghton-sir-gilbert-1591-1646|title = HOUGHTON, Sir Gilbert (1591-1646), of Hoghton Tower and Walton, Lancs.|publisher= History of Parliament Online|accessdate = 29 March 2013}} References
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