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Clifford, Henry (1591/2 - 1643)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1592-02-28
Death Date: 1643-12-11

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Cecil, Frances (1594 - 1643/4)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1610-7-25
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 1st Baron Clifford

Titles

  • 1st Baron Clifford
    Assumed: 1627/8-02-17
    Vacated: 1643-12-11
  • 5th Earl of Cumberland
    Assumed: 1640/1-01-21
    Vacated: 1643-12-11

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Westmorland 1614
Constable & Steward, Yorkshire: West Riding 1615 Held jointly
Lord Lieut, Cumberland 1617/18 -2 -25 1639 Held jointly
Lord Lieut, Northumberland 1617/18 -2 -25 1639 Held jointly
Lord Lieut, Westmorland 1617/18 -2 -25 Held jointly
Member, Council of the North, England 1619 -7 -10
MP, Westmorland 1621
Sheriff, Westmorland 1640/1 -1 -21 1643 -12 -11 Hereditary office
Bailiff, Chief Forester & High Steward, Yorkshire: North Riding 1641 -7 -30
Gen, Royal Forces in the North, England 1642
Lord Lieut, Yorkshire 1642 -7

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Londesborough, Yorkshire: East Riding
  • Skipton, Yorkshire: North Riding

Lands

  • Cumberland
  • Westmorland
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Clifford's Player

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Clifford's Player Clifford, Henry (1592 - 1643) Players 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • 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
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.