Paternal Family Tree: Hoghton
Before 28th September 1570 [his father] Thomas Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire and [his mother] Anne Keighley [aged 21] were married.
On 28th September 1570 Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet was born to Thomas Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire and Anne Keighley [aged 21].
In 1589 [his father] Thomas Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire was killed in a family feud.
In or before 1591 Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet [aged 20] and Catherine Gerard Lady Hoghton [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Lady Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire. They had five sons and eight daughters.
In 1591 [his son] Gilbert Hoghton 2nd Baronet was born to Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet [aged 20] and [his wife] Catherine Gerard Lady Hoghton [aged 22].
After 1591 [his step-father] Richard Shireburn [aged 44] and [his mother] Anne Keighley [aged 42] were married.
In 1599 Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet [aged 28] was appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire.
In 1601 Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet [aged 30] was elected MP Lancashire. He was re-elected in 1604.
On 30th October 1609 [his mother] Anne Keighley [aged 60] died.
On 22nd May 1611 the first Baronets were created by James I [aged 44]
Walter Aston 1st Baronet [aged 27] was created 1st Baronet Aston of Tixall.
Nicolas Bacon [aged 71] was created 1st Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk. The Premier Baronet being the first creation.
Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet [aged 55] was created 1st Baronet Belasyse of Newborough.
George Booth [aged 54] was created 1st Baronet Booth of Dunham Massey. Katherine Anderson Lady Dunham Massey [aged 43] by marriage Lady Booth of Dunham Massey.
Edward Carr [aged 68] was created 1st Baronet Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire. Anne Dyer Lady Carr by marriage Lady Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire.
Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet [aged 23] was created 1st Baronet Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire.
Moyle Finch 1st Baronet [aged 61] was created 1st Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent. Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea [aged 54] by marriage Lady Finch of Eastwell in Kent.
Thomas Gerard 1st Baronet [aged 51] was created 1st Baronet Gerard of Bryn in Lancashire.
Henry Hobart 1st Baronet [aged 51] was created 1st Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk. Dorothy Bell Lady Hobart by marriage Lady Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk.
Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet [aged 40] was created 1st Baronet Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire.
Phillip Knyvet [aged 41] was created 1st Baronet Knyvet of Buckenham in Norfolk.
Thomas Mansel 1st Baronet [aged 55] was created 1st Baronet Mansel of Margam.
Thomas Pelham 1st Baronet [aged 71] was created 1st Baronet Pelham of Laughton. Mary Walsingham Baroness Pelham Laughton [aged 47] by marriage Lady Pelham of Laughton.
John Peyton 1st Baronet [aged 50] was created 1st Baronet Peyton of Isleham.
George Savile 1st Baronet [aged 61] was created 1st Baronet Savile of Thornhill.
John Shelley of Mitchelgrove 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Shelley of Mitchelgrove in Sussex.
George Shirley 1st Baronet [aged 52] was created 1st Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire. Dorothy Wroughton Lady Shirley [aged 41] by marriage Lady Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire.
John St John [aged 25] was created 1st Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.
John Stradling 1st Baronet [aged 48] was created 1st Baronet Stradling of St Donats in Glamorganshire.
Thomas Temple 1st Baronet [aged 44] was created 1st Baronet Temple of Stowe.
Lionel Tollemache 1st Baronet [aged 48] was created 1st Baronet Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk.
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On 17th November 1617 [his wife] Catherine Gerard Lady Hoghton [aged 48] died at Houghton Tower, Preston.
Before 7th November 1620 Robert Hesketh [aged 51] and [his future wife] Jane Spencer Lady Hoghton were married.
Before 1630 Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet [aged 59] and Jane Spencer Lady Hoghton were married. She by marriage Lady Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire.
In 1630 Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet [aged 59] died. His son Gilbert [aged 39] succeeded 2nd Baronet Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire.
Grandfather: Henry Keighley of Keighley in Yorkshire
mother: Anne Keighley