Education
Lilford attended Eton College from 1755-1759 and in 1760 was admitted as fellow-commoner to King"s College, Cambridge.
Lilford attended Eton College from 1755-1759 and in 1760 was admitted as fellow-commoner to King"s College, Cambridge.
He was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire from 1768-1769. Lilford was elected to the House of Commons for Northamptonshire in 1774, a seat he held until 1797. The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Lilford, of Lilford in the County of Northampton.
The family seat was Lilford Hall, first acquired by his great-grandfather, the judge, Thomas Powys.