Question: When did John Tufton, 2Nd Baron Hothfield's father die?
Answer: 29 October 1926

In 1947 he had to sell most of land and property mainly to his tenants. Henry James Tufton, 1st Baron Hothfield (4 June 1844 – 29 October 1926), known as Sir Henry James Tufton, 2nd Baronet, from 1871 to 1881, was a British peer, Liberal politician and owner and breeder of racehorses. Hothfield was the son of Sir Richard Tufton, 1st Baronet, and his wife Adelaide Amelie Lacour