Hylton Jolliffe (28 February 1773 – 13 January 1843)[1] was an English politician.

Joliffe was the eldest son of William Jolliffe (1745–1802) of Merstham and his wife Eleanor, daughter and heir of Sir Richard Hylton, 5th Baronet, of Hayton Castle in Cumberland. He was educated at Westminster School and at Lincoln's Inn. In 1804 he married Elizabeth Rose, the illegitimate daughter of Robert Shirley, 7th Earl Ferrers. The couple had no children, but Joliffe fathered two illegitimate sons.[2]

He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Petersfield for most of the period between 1796 and 1834.[2][3] His father represented the same borough for 34 years, and the two served alongside each other from 1796 to 1797.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
  2. ^ a b Spencer, Howard; Salmon, Philip (2009). D.R. Fisher (ed.). "JOLLIFFE, Hylton (1773-1843), of Merstham, Surr". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  3. ^ In 1832 a petition was lodged against the result in Petersfield, and the election of John Shaw-Lefevre was declared void. After scrutiny of the ballots, Hylton Jolliffe was declared elected in 1833.
    F.W.S. Craig's British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 and Henry Stooks Smith's The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 record the member seated after the petition as William Jolliffe. However, the History of Parliament's article on Petersfield borough note in footnote 42 that both the official returns (PP (1878), lxii, pt. ii, 348) and the 1833 petition (CJ, lxxxviii. 13-14) confirm that the member seated was Hylton Jolliffe. This is as reported in the Times article on the petition committee's report: "Petersfield Election Committee", The Times, 7 March 1833, page 4.
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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Petersfield
1796–1797
With: William Jolliffe
Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Petersfield
1802–1830
With: Sir John Sinclair, Bt to July 1802
William Best 1802–06
Hon. John Ward 1806–07
Booth Grey 1807–12
George Canning 1812
George Canning, junior 1812–20
Lord Hotham 1820
Sir Philip Musgrave, Bt 1820–25
James Lushington 1825–26
William Marshall 1826–30
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Petersfield
18311832
With: William Jolliffe
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Petersfield
1833–1835
Succeeded by