Baron Hilton

The Baron title was first created on June 23, 1295 for Robert Hilton (d. 1322 ), who was called to Parliament that same year as Lord Hilton. His son, Alexander Hilton, 2nd Baron Hilton (d. 1360 ), twice called for parliament in 1332 and 1335 . But his descendants did not volunteer for parliament and therefore bore the title de jure Baron Hilton after the death of the 2nd Baron. John Hilton, de jure 18th Baron Hilton (1699-1746), sat in the House of Commons from Carlisle (1727-1741, 1742-1746). In 1746, after his death, the baronial title was inactive.

The re-baronial title in the United Kingdom Partnership was restored on July 16, 1866 for a military and conservative politician, Sir William Jolliff, 1st Baronet (1800-1876), who received the title of Baron Hilton from Hilton in Durham County and Petersfield in Southampton . On August 20, 1821, the title of baronet from Merstem in Surrey was created for him. William Jolliff sat in the House of Commons from Petersfield (1830–1832, 1837–1838, 1841–1866), served as Deputy Minister of the Interior (1852) and Parliamentary Secretary of the Treasury (1858–1859). William Jolliff was the grandson of William Jolliff (1745–1802), a member of the House of Commons from Petersfield (1768–1800, 1801–1802), and a distant descendant of the Barons of the Hilton Creation of 1295. Eleanor, wife of William Joliff and grandmother of William Jolliff, 1st Baron Hilton, was the daughter of Sir Richard Hilton, 5th Baronet, and Anne, sister of John Hilton, 18th Baron Hilton.

Lord Hilton was succeeded by his second son, Hadworth Hilton Jolliff, 2nd Baron of Hilton (1829-1899). He was a conservative politician and sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from Wells (1855-1868). His son, Hilton George Hilton Jolliffe, 3rd Baron Hilton (1862–1945), also represented Wells in the House of Commons from the Conservatives (1895–1899), and also served as Lord Waiting (1916–1918), captain of the Yemeni Guard ( 1918-1921) and the main government organizer of the “whip” in the House of Lords (1916-1922). His son, William George Hervey Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hilton (1898–1967), served as Somerset's Lord Lieutenant in 1949–1964.

As of 2013, the holder of the baronial title was the eldest son of the latter, Raymond Hervey Jolliff, 5th Baron Hilton (born 1932), who became the successor to his father in 1967 . He is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers who remain in the House of Lords after the 1999 House of Lords Act , where he sits on the benches of independent deputies.

The main family residence of the Hilton barons is Hilton Castle in Sunderland. They also own Ammerdown House in Kilmersdon ( Somerset County ).

• 1295-1322: Robert Hilton, 1st Baron Hilton (d. 1322)
• 1322–1360: Alexander Hilton, 2nd Baron Hilton (d. 1360)
• 1360–1377: Robert Hilton, de jure 3rd Baron Hilton (1340–1377)
• 1377-1435: Sir William Hilton, de jure 4th Baron Hilton (1356-1435)
• 1435-1447: Sir Robert Hilton, de jure 5th Baron Hilton (1385 - August 11, 1447)
• 1447-1457: William Hilton, de jure 6th Baron Hilton (d. October 13, 1457)
• 1457-1500: Sir William Hilton, de jure 7th Baron Hilton (1451-1500)
• 1500-1535: Sir William Hilton, de jure 8th Baron Hilton (d. 1535)
• 1535-1560: Sir Thomas Hilton, de jure 9th Baron Hilton (d. 1560)
• 1560-1565: Sir William Hilton, de jure 10th Baron Hilton (c. 1510 - 1565)
• 1565-1600: Sir William Hilton, de jure 11th Baron Hilton (d. September 9, 1600)
• 1600–1641: Henry Hilton, de jure 12th Baron Hilton (1586 - March 30, 1641)
• 1641-1641: Robert Hilton, de jure 13th Baron Hilton (d. December 25, 1641)
• 1641-1655: John Hilton, de jure 14th Baron Hilton (d. December 12, 1655)
• 1655-1670: John Hilton, de jure 15th Baron Hilton (1628 - June 21, 1670)
• 1670-1712: Henry Hilton, de jure 16th Baron Hilton (1637 - April 16, 1712)
• 1712-1722: Richard Hilton, de jure 17th Baron Hilton (d. September 3, 1722)
• 1722-1746: John Hilton, de jure 18th Baron Hilton (April 27, 1699 - September 25, 1746)

• 1866-1876: William George Hilton Jolliff, 1st Baron Hilton (December 7, 1800 - June 1, 1876), son of Rev. William John Jolliff (d. 1835), grandson of politician William Jolliff (1745-1802) and Eleanor Hilton, daughter of Sir Richard Hilton, 5th Baronet, and Anne Hilton ^[1]
• 1876-1899: Hadworth Hilton Jolliff, 2nd Baron Hilton (June 23, 1829 - October 31, 1899), the second son of the previous ^[2]
• 1899-1945: Hilton George Hilton Jolliff, 3rd Baron Hilton (November 10, 1862 - May 26, 1945), the only son of the previous ^[3]
• 1945-1967: William George Hervey Jolliff, 4th Baron Hilton (December 2, 1898 - November 14, 1967), the eldest son of the previous ^[4]
• 1967 - present: Raymond Hervey Jolliff, 5th Baron Hilton (born June 13, 1932), the eldest son of the previous
  • Heir to the title: Hon. William Henry Martin Jolliff (born April 1, 1967), the eldest son of the previous ^[6] .

• Hilton castle
• William Jolliff

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• thepeerage.com
• Hylton, Baron (UK, 1866)