Henry Radclyffe, 4th Earl of Sussex

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Quartered arms of Sir Henry Radclyffe, 4th Earl of Sussex, KG

Henry Radclyffe, 4th Earl of Sussex, KG (c. 1530 – 14 December 1593) was an English peer.

Life

He was born in England to

Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, on 2 October 1553, and elected to parliament as member for Maldon in 1555 and Chichester in 1559. [1]

In 1556, he went to Ireland, to support his elder brother

Offaly. He managed to keep the district quiet, but in 1564, when commissioners were sent from England to report on the condition of the Irish government, charges of corruption in dealing with funds appointed for the payment of the soldiers were brought against Radclyffe. He was ordered to refund at once £8,000, and on his refusal was committed to prison (January 1565). His release was ordered by the home government, and he left Ireland permanently soon afterwards. In 1577 he was granted some property there, in County Kilkenny and County Wexford.[1]

In England, he had already been appointed constable for life of

Shakespeare plays at The Rose (theatre) under Philip Henslowe, including Titus Andronicus and Richard III
.

In August 1586, he was tracking out an alleged Catholic conspiracy at Portsmouth, and was watching suspicious vessels off the coast. During 1588, he was active in furnishing stores and gunpowder for the ships commissioned to resist the

Knight of the Garter on 22 April 1589.[1]

He died on 14 December 1593, and was buried at Boreham, Essex, beside his brother and his wife.[1]

Family

On 6 February 1549, he married Honora Pound daughter of Anthony Pound(e), of Drayton, Farlington, Hampshire. Henry and Honora had two children: a son Robert Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Sussex (12 June 1573 – 22 September 1629), first married to Bridget Morrison, from his second marriage to Frances Shute Meautys, a daughter Jane Radcliffe.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Dunlop 1896.
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Dunlop, Robert (1896). "Radcliffe, Thomas". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 143–145.

External links

Peerage of England
Preceded by Earl of Sussex
1583–1593 		Succeeded by
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