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Clifford was created the first Baron Clifford of Chudleigh on 22 April 1672 for his suggestion that the King supply himself with money by stopping, for one year, all payments out of the Exchequer. He was Lord High Treasurer from 28 November 1672 to June 1673, when, as a Roman Catholic, he found himself unable to comply with the Test Act and ...
Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, of Chudleigh in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of England.It was created in 1672 for Thomas Clifford.The title was created as "Clifford of Chudleigh" rather than simply "Clifford" to differentiate it from several other Clifford Baronies previously created for members of this ancient family, including the Barony of de Clifford (1299), which is extant ...
Thomas Hugh Clifford, 14th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, DL (born 17 March 1948), is a British hereditary peer and former British Army officer. Background [ edit ]
The Clifford family seat, Ugbrooke Park in Devon, from Morris's County Seats (1869) Upon the death of his father on 28 February 1858, Clifford succeeded as the 8th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (and became a hereditary Count of the Holy Roman Empire) and inherited the family seat, Ugbrooke Park in Chudleigh, Devon, an estate of about 8,000 acres (3,200 ha). [5]
Clifford was born on 29 May 1790 at New Park, Somerset.He was the eldest son of Charles Clifford, 6th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, and the Hon. Eleanor Mary Arundell, a daughter of Henry Arundell, 8th Baron Arundell of Wardour.
Clifford was baptized on 21 December 1663 in Ugbrooke. Though the seventh child and second son, he was the eldest living son when his father, Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh , died. His mother, Elizabeth Martin, was the sister and co-heiress of William Martin, both children of William Martin of Lindridge.
John Chudleigh (born 1606), the elder son of the 1st Baronet, predeceased his father, having served as Member of Parliament for East Looe in 1626. Mary Chudleigh, 2nd daughter of the 1st Baronet, married Colonel Hugh Clifford and was the mother of Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, elevated to the peerage in 1672.
Also Lord Dingwall (1609) in the Peerage of Scotland; known as the Lord Lucas and Dingwall The Baroness Arlington: 1664: Jennifer Forwood, 11th Baroness Arlington: Patrick Forwood The Baron Clifford of Chudleigh: 1672: Thomas Clifford, 14th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh: Alexander Clifford The Baron Barnard: 1698: Henry Francis Cecil Vane, 12th ...