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William Sydney Hylton Jolliffe

English Conservative Party politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJan 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ17279383 ↗
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William Sydney Hylton Jolliffe (27 September 1841 – 19 January 1912) was an English Conservative Party politician.

Jolliffe was educated at Eton. He served in the Scots Guards and the North Somerset Yeomanry. He was the Member of Parliament for Petersfield from 1874 to 1880. He resided at 17 Lowndes Square when Parliament was siting and Heath House, Petersfield when it was in recess.

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Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1841, 1912, 1874, 1880—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1841-09-27. The account is most persuasive where William, Sydney and Hylton can be independently traced.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q17279383. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1841, 1912, 1874 and 1880.

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This entry incorporates text from “William Sydney Hylton Jolliffe” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.