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 (aged 68)
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.

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]

References

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  1. ^ "William George Hervey Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Hylton, Baron (UK, 1866)". Heraldic Media Limited. Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  3. ^ "John Jolliffe". Library Thing. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  4. ^ "spotlight on... Anna Chancellor". Free Library. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
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Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Somerset
1949–1964
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Hylton
1945–1967
Succeeded by