Hylton George Hylton Jolliffe, 3rd Baron Hylton (10 November 1862 – 26 May 1945) was a British

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 peer and Conservative

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 politician.

Hylton was the eldest son of Hedworth Jolliffe, 2nd Baron Hylton

Hedworth Jolliffe, 2nd Baron Hylton

Hedworth Hylton Jolliffe, 2nd Baron Hylton , was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament.-Birth and education:Hylton was the second son of William George Hylton Jolliffe, 1st Baron Hylton, and Eleanor Paget...

, and Lady Agnes Mary Byng. Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

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 was his maternal great-grandfather. Hylton entered the Diplomatic Service

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 in 1888, but in 1895 he was elected to the House of Commons

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 for Wells

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. He held this seat until 1899, when he succeeded his father as third Baron Hylton and entered the House of Lords

House of Lords

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. In June 1915 Hylton was appointed a Lord-in-Waiting

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 (government whip in the House of Lords) in the newly formed coalition government

Coalition Government 1915-1916

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, and in 1918 he was promoted him to Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard

Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard

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. The coalition government

Coalition Government 1916-1922

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 of David Lloyd George

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 fell in 1922, but Hylton continued as Deputy Chief Whip also under Andrew Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin

Stanley Baldwin

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. However, after the first Baldwin government fell in January 1924, he never returned to office.

Lord Hylton married Lady Alice Adeliza Hervey, daughter of Frederick Hervey, 3rd Marquess of Bristol

Frederick Hervey, 3rd Marquess of Bristol

Frederick William John Hervey, 3rd Marquess of Bristol was a British peer and Member of Parliament ....

, in 1896. He died in May 1945, aged 82, and was succeeded in his titles by his son William George Hervey Jolliffe

William Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton

William George Hervey Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton , was a British peer and soldier.Hylton was the son of Hylton Jolliffe, 3rd Baron Hylton, and Lady Alice Adeliza Hervey. He achieved the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Coldstream Guards and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Somerset from 1949 to...

. Lady Hylton died in 1962.