Baron Hotham

Baron Hotham, of South Dalton in the County of York,[2] is a title in the Peerage of Ireland.

It was created in 1797 for the naval commander Admiral William Hotham, with remainder to the heirs male of his father.

Lord Hotham never married and on his death in 1813 he was succeeded in both titles by his younger brother Beaumont, the second Baron and twelfth Baronet.

The Baronetcy, of Scorborough in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of England in 1622 for John Hotham.

His eldest son, the eighth Baronet, a Lieutenant-General in the Army, represented St Ives in Parliament and also assumed the additional surname of Thompson.

On his death in 1811 the title was inherited by the aforementioned eleventh Baronet, who had already been elevated to the peerage as Baron Hotham.

Arms of Hotham: Barry of ten argent and azure, on a canton or a Cornish chough proper [ 1 ]
Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet, in his role as Governor of Hull
Monument to Sir Charles Hotham, 10th Baronet, Gloucester Cathedral