William Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Hylton
Office4:Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Term Start4:26 May 1945
Term End4:14 November 1967
Hereditary Peerage
Predecessor4:The 3rd Lord Hylton
Successor4:The 5th Lord Hylton
Birth Date:2 December 1898
Death Date:14 November 1967 (aged 68)
Nationality:British

William George Hervey Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton (2 December 1898 – 14 November 1967), 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[1] in the Coldstream Guards and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Somerset from 1949 to 1964. Lord Hylton married Lady Perdita Rose Mary Asquith, daughter of Katharine and Raymond Asquith, eldest son of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, in 1931.[2] He died in November 1967, aged 68.

He was succeeded in his titles by his elder son Raymond. John Hedworth Jolliffe, a writer (of e.g. Raymond Asquith: Life and Letters)[3] is his younger son; his daughter Mary is the wife of John Paget Chancellor, son of Christopher Chancellor of Reuters. Mary and John Chancellor are the parents of the actress Anna Chancellor and the financial historian Edward Chancellor.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: William George Hervey Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton. National Portrait Gallery. 6 October 2012.
  2. Web site: Hylton, Baron (UK, 1866). https://web.archive.org/web/20100525202049/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/index1007.htm. dead. 25 May 2010. Heraldic Media Limited.. 6 October 2012.
  3. Web site: John Jolliffe . Library Thing . 11 December 2022.
  4. Web site: spotlight on... Anna Chancellor.. Free Library. 6 October 2012.