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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 Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1 August 1630 – 17 October 1673) was an English statesman who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1672 when he was created Baron Clifford. He was one of five leading politicians who formed the Cabal ministry between 1668 and 1674 in the reign of Charles II.
Thomas Hugh Clifford, 14th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, DL (born 17 March 1948), is a British hereditary peer and former British Army officer. Background.
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 in Roehampton, London, the sixth of the eight children of Major-General Sir Henry Hugh Clifford and his wife Josephine Elizabeth, née Anstice; his grandfather was Hugh Clifford, 7th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh. [1]
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.
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.