William Jolliffe (1745–1802)

William Joliffe
William Joliffe
Member of Parliament for Petersfield
	In office; 1768–1800 Serving with Welbore Ellis (1768–1774) & (1791–1795); Sir Abraham Hume (1774–1780); Thomas Samuel Jolliffe (1780–1787); The Viscount Downe (1787–1790); George North (1790); Marquess of Titchfield (1790–1791); Charles Greville (1795–1796); Hylton Jolliffe (1796–1797); Sir John Sinclair (1797–1800)
Preceded by	John Jolliffe; Richard Croftes
Succeeded by	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Member of Parliament for Petersfield
	In office; 1801–1802 Serving with Sir John Sinclair (1801–1802)
Preceded by	Parliament of Great Britain
Succeeded by	Hylton Jolliffe; William Best
Personal details
Born	16 April 1745
Died	20 February 1802 (aged 56)
Political party	Tory
Spouse	Eleanor Hylton
Parents	John Jolliffe (father); Mary Holden (mother);
Relatives	Samuel Holden (maternal grandfather); Hylton Jolliffe (son); William George Hylton Jolliffe (grandson)
Education	Winchester College
Alma mater	Brasenose College, Oxford

William Jolliffe (16 April 1745 – 20 February 1802) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1802.

Life

He was the eldest son of the politician John Jolliffe and his wife Mary, daughter of Samuel Holden. He was educated at Winchester College and Brasenose College, Oxford.^[1]

Jolliffe was elected as Member of Parliament for Petersfield in 1768, a seat controlled by his father, who died in 1771 leaving him a sitting patron. He held it until 1802.^[1] He was a Lord of Trade from 1772 to 1779 and Lord of the Admiralty during 1783.^[2]

He bought the lease for his residence on King Street in 1772 for what he called "very cheap," but Edward Gibbon described the place as "excellent." After his death, his son Hylton sold it to Henry Francis Greville, who opened it as the Argyll Rooms.^[3]

He married Eleanor Hylton, daughter and heir of Sir Richard Hylton, 5th Baronet, and Anne, sister and co-heiress of John Hylton, de jure 18th Baron Hylton. Jolliffe died in February 1802, aged 56, after falling through a trapdoor into a cellar at his home.^[2] His wife died the same year. Their grandson William George Hylton Jolliffe became a prominent Conservative politician and was created Baron Hylton in 1866.

^ ^a ^b Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ ^a ^b "JOLLIFFE, William (1745-1802), of Petersfield, Hants". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
^ "The Argyll Rooms, Little Argyll Street" in the Survey of London: Volumes 31 and 32, originally published by London County Council, London, 1963. Online through British History Online.

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