Henry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland

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Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen

Henry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland (28 February 1592 – 11 December 1643) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1622. He was created a baron in 1628 and succeeded to the title Earl of Cumberland in 1641.

Clifford was the son of

Member of Parliament for Westmorland in 1614, and was returned in 1621.[4] In 1621, he became Custos Rotulorum of Westmorland. He was created Baron Clifford
in 1628.

Clifford was a supporter of Charles I during the so-called Bishops' Wars in Scotland, and also during the Civil War until his death.[3] He succeeded to the title of Earl of Cumberland in 1641 and died two years later in 1643 at the age of 52; as he left no sons the earldom became extinct.[5]

Clifford married Lady Frances Cecil (1593 – 14 February 1644), daughter of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Elizabeth Brooke on 25 July, 1610, at St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington.[6] They had one child: Lady Elizabeth Clifford who married Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Lundy, Darryl. "Henry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland". The Peerage. p. 1634 § 16339.
  2. ^ Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995)
  3. ^ a b  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cumberland, Dukes and Earls of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 620.
  4. ^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 173, 183.
  5. ^ Chisholm 1911.
  6. ^ Lysons, Daniel. "Kensington Pages 170-230 The Environs of London: Volume 3, County of Middlesex". British History Online. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
Political offices
Vacant
Title last held by
The 3rd Earl of Cumberland
Lord Maltravers
1632–1639
Succeeded by
Lord Maltravers
Lord Maltravers
1632–1639
Succeeded by
Lord Maltravers
1632–1639
English Interregnum
Vacant
Title last held by
Sir Thomas Strickland
Custos Rotulorum of Westmorland
1621–1641
Succeeded by
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Sir Thomas Wharton
Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Earl of Cumberland
1641–1643
Extinct
New title Baron Clifford
1628–1643
Succeeded by