John Hotham, the younger

Sir John Hotham the younger (1610 – 2 January 1645) was the eldest son of John Hotham and an English Member of Parliament during the civil war.

Hotham was son of Sir John Hotham; served in Netherlands; M.P., Scarborough, 1640; secured Hull for parliament, 1642; joined Fairfax, 1642; fought at Tadcaster and Sherburn; defeated at Ancaster Heath, 1643; imprisoned at Nottingham on charges of misconduct and suspicion of treachery, 1643; opened negotiations with Charles I's queen and escaped; arrested with his father; tried by court-martial and beheaded.