He was a member of the Earl of Derby's first two administrations as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department in 1852 and as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury between 1858 and 1859.
[citation needed] Jolliffe first served in the Army and achieved the rank of captain in the 15th Dragoons.
[9] Their eldest son Hylton Jolliffe was a captain in the Coldstream Guards but died from cholera during the Crimean War.
[citation needed] Hylton married, secondly, Sophia Penelope, daughter of Sir Robert Sheffield, 4th Baronet, and widow of William Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester, in 1867.
[9] He died at Merstham House near Reigate[1] on 1 June 1876, aged 75, and was succeeded in his titles by his second but eldest surviving son from his first marriage, Hedworth.