William Jolliffe (1745–1802)

William Jolliffe (16 April 1745 – 20 February 1802) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1802.

Life

He was the eldest son of the politician John Jolliffe and his wife Mary, daughter of Samuel Holden. He was educated at Winchester College and Brasenose College, Oxford.^[1]

Jolliffe was elected as Member of Parliament for Petersfield in 1768, a seat controlled by his father, who died in 1771 leaving him a sitting patron. He held it until 1802.^[1] He was a Lord of Trade from 1772 to 1779 and Lord of the Admiralty during 1783.^[2]

He bought the lease for his residence on King Street in 1772 for what he called "very cheap," but Edward Gibbon described the place as "excellent." After his death, his son Hylton sold it to Henry Francis Greville, who opened it as the Argyll Rooms.^[3]

He married Eleanor Hylton, daughter and heir of Sir Richard Hylton, 5th Baronet, and Anne, sister and co-heiress of John Hylton, de jure 18th Baron Hylton. Jolliffe died in February 1802, aged 56, after falling through a trapdoor into a cellar at his home.^[2] His wife died the same year. Their grandson William George Hylton Jolliffe became a prominent Conservative politician and was created Baron Hylton in 1866.

^ ^a ^b Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ ^a ^b "JOLLIFFE, William (1745-1802), of Petersfield, Hants". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
^ "The Argyll Rooms, Little Argyll Street" in the Survey of London: Volumes 31 and 32, originally published by London County Council, London, 1963. Online through British History Online.

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, ^{[page needed]}

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by John Jolliffe Richard Croftes	Member of Parliament for Petersfield 1768–1800 With: Welbore Ellis 1768–1774, 1791–1795 Sir Abraham Hume 1774–1780 Thomas Samuel Jolliffe 1780–1787 The Viscount Downe 1787–1790 George North 1790 Marquess of Titchfield 1790–1791 Charles Greville 1795–1796 Hylton Jolliffe 1796–1797 Sir John Sinclair 1797–1800	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain	Member of Parliament for Petersfield 1801–1802 With: Sir John Sinclair 1801–1802	Succeeded by Hylton Jolliffe William Best