Parents
Mother: Dacre, Anne (1538 - 1581)
Father: Clifford, Henry (1517 - 1569/70)
Marriages/Other Unions
- Type: marriageUnion began: 1589-6Union ended: n.d.
Siblings
Offspring
- Male offspring: Clifford, George (1590 - )
- Male offspring: Clifford, Henry (1591/2 - 1643)
- Female offspring: Clifford, Margaret ( - 1622)
- Female offspring: Clifford, Frances ( - )
Primary Title
- 4th Earl of Cumberland
Titles
- 4th Earl of CumberlandAssumed: 1605-10-29Vacated: 1640/1-01-21
- Knight of the BathAssumed: 1604/5-01-06Vacated: 1640/1-01-21
Details of Offices
Began | Ended | Notes | |
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MP, Westmorland | 1584 | ||
MP, Westmorland | 1586 | ||
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding | 1592 | ||
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding | 1592 | ||
Sheriff, Yorkshire | 1600 -11 -24 | 1601 | |
Member, Council of the North, England | 1601 | ||
Constable & Steward, Yorkshire: West Riding | 1604 | Held jointly | |
MP, Yorkshire | 1604 | ||
Keeper, Cumberland | 1605 | ||
Sheriff, Westmorland | 1605 -10 -19 | 1640/1 -01 -21 | Hereditary office |
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Cumberland | 1606 | 1639 | |
Keeper, Cumberland | 1606 | ||
Lord Lieut, Cumberland | 1607 -10 -27 | 1639 | Held jointly, then solely from 1 July 1611, then jointly from 11 Feb. 1613/14 |
Lord Lieut, Newcastle upon Tyne | 1607 -10 -27 | 1639 | Held jointly, then solely from 1 July 1611, then jointly from 11 Feb. 1613/14. |
Lord Lieut, Northumberland | 1607 -10 -27 | 1639 | Held jointly, then solely from 1 July 1611, then jointly from 11 Feb. 1613/14 |
Lord Lieut, Westmorland | 1639 -8 -31 | 1640/1 -01 -21 held office until death | Held jointly |
Details of Properties
Residence
- Londesborough Hall, Yorkshire: East RidingAcquired: 1589-03Divested: 1640/1-01Built for wife
- Carlisle Castle, CumberlandAcquired: 1605Nominal residence as Keeper of the Castle
- Skipton Castle, Yorkshire: North RidingAcquired: 1605-10Patrimony (via brother)
- Brougham Castle, WestmorlandAcquired: 1616Divested: 1640/1-01Patrimony (via brother); residence of brother's widow until her death in 1616
Lands
- Cumberland: 'Debatable Lands'Acquired: 1610-03-31Granted; lands bounded by Solway Sands, Sark River, Scotch Dyke & Esk River; sold with Nichols Wood
- DerbyshireAcquired: 1605-10-29Divested: 1586Patrimony; sold
- NottinghamshireAcquired: 1605-10-29Patrimony (via brother)
- Westmorland: Appleby, Brough & Pendragon CastlesAcquired: 1605-10-29Divested: 1640/1-01-21Patrimony (via brother)
- Westmorland: Kirkby ThoreAcquired: 1581-07-31Acquired via mother
- Yorkshire: East Riding: Londesborough & other ManorsAcquired: 1605-10-29Patrimony (via brother)
- Yorkshire: West Riding: Barden TowerAcquired: 1605-10-29Patrimony (via brother)
- Yorkshire: West Riding: CravenAcquired: 1581-07-31Acquired via mother
Event Naming Patron
Event Type | Date | Location | Troupe |
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Performance | - | Moot Hall, Carlisle, Cumberland | Earl of Cumberland's Waits |
Patronized Troupes
Troupe Name | Patron | Troupe Type | # of events |
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Earl of Cumberland's Waits | Clifford, Francis (1559 - 1641) | Musicians | 1 |
Owned Venues
Venue Name | County | Type |
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Brougham Castle | Westmorland | Private Residence |
Bibliographic Sources
- Clay, John William. The Extinct and Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England. London: James Nisbet & Co., 1913
- The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
- Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981
- List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Sainty, J.C. Lieutenants of Counties, 1585–1642. London: Athlone P, 1970