Henry Tufton, 1st Baron Hothfield

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1844 – 1926

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Who was Henry Tufton, 1st Baron Hothfield?

Henry James Tufton, 1st Baron Hothfield, known as Sir Henry James Tufton, 2nd Baronet, from 1871 to 1881, was a British peer, Liberal politician and owner and breeder of racehorses.

Hothfield was the son of Sir Richard Tufton, 1st Baronet, and his wife Adelaide Amelie Lacour. His father was the reputed natural son of Henry Tufton, 11th and last Earl of Thanet, and had succeeded to the Tufton estates on the death of the Earl in 1849. Hothfield succeeded his father as second Baronet in 1871 and in 1881 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Hothfield, of Hothfield in the County of Kent. The same year he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland, a post he held until 1926. In 1886 he also served briefly as a Lord-in-Waiting in the Liberal administration of William Ewart Gladstone. He was also a prominent breeder and owner of racehorses.

Lord Hothfield married Alice Harriet, daughter of Reverend William James Stracy-Clitherow, in 1872. He died in October 1926, aged 82, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son John. Lady Hothfield died in 1914.

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Born
Jun 4, 1844
Died
Oct 29, 1926

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on July 23, 2013

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