William Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton

William George Hervey Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton (2 December 1898 – 14 November 1967), was a British peer and soldier.


The Lord Hylton
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
26 May 1945  14 November 1967
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byThe 3rd Lord Hylton
Succeeded byThe 5th Lord Hylton
Personal details
Born2 December 1898
Died14 November 1967
NationalityBritish

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, and was succeeded in his titles by his son Raymond.

The writer John Hedworth Jolliffe is his younger son; the actress Anna Chancellor is a granddaughter.[3]

References

  1. "William George Hervey Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  2. "Hylton, Baron (UK, 1866)". Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  3. "spotlight on... Anna Chancellor". Free Library. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Sir James Somerville
Lord Lieutenant of Somerset
1949–1964
Succeeded by
Cecil Townley Mitford-Slade
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Hylton George Hylton Jolliffe
Baron Hylton
1945–1967
Succeeded by
Raymond Hervey Jolliffe
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