Beaumont Hotham, 2nd Baron Hotham

Beaumont Hotham, 2nd Baron Hotham

Beaumont Hotham, 2nd Baron Hotham (1737–1814) was Lord Chancellor of Great Britain in 1783, and a Baron of the Exchequer for thirty years, from 1784 until his death. He became 2nd Baron Hotham in May 1813 upon the death of his elder brother, William Hotham, 1st Baron Hotham. He was succeeded as 3rd baron by his grandson, Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham (1794–1870).

He was an MP for Wigan from 1768 to 1774, and helped prepare the Madhouses Act 1774. He resigned for his appointment as Baron of the Exchequer; he was then succeeded in Parliament in the by-election of 1775 by John Morton.