Sir Richard Hoghton, 3rd Baronet (c 1616 -3 February 1678) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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  at various times between 1640 and 1656. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War

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Hoghton was the eldest son of Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Baronet

Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Baronet

Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1640. He was a Royalist leader during the English Civil War....

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In 1645, Hoghton was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Lancashire

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 in the Long Parliament

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. Unlike his Royalist father, he was a zealous supporrter of parliament and a firm adherent of the Presbyterian cause. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in April 1647. In 1656 he was re-elected MP for Lancashire in the Second Protectorate Parliament

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After the restoration Hoghton was a patron of nonconformist ejected ministers.