Baron de Clifford: Difference between revisions

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| name = Barony de Clifford
| image = [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|150px]]<br />[[File:Russell arms.svg|180px]]

| firstcreation holder =[[Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron= de Clifford]]

| heirbaronetage apparent =

| remainderlast_holder to =Heirs of the body, lawfully begotten

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'''Baron de Clifford''' is a title in the [[Peerage of England]]. It was created in 1299 for [[Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford|Robert de Clifford]] (''c.''1274–1314),<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Clifford|volume=6|page=507}}</ref> [[Feudal barony of Clifford|feudal baron of Clifford]]<ref>[[John Lambrick Vivian|Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L.]], (Ed.) ''The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620'', Exeter, 1895, p.194, pedigree of Clifford</ref> in Herefordshire, [[English feudal barony|feudal baron of Skipton]]<ref>Sanders, I.J. ''English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086–1327'', Oxford, 1960, p.143</ref> in Yorkshire and [[Feudal barony of Appleby|feudal baron of Appleby]]<ref>Sanders, p.104</ref> in Westmoreland. The title was created by [[Hereditary peer#Writs of summons|writ]], which means that it can descend through both male and female lines. The Norman family which later took the name ''de Clifford'' settled in [[England]] after the [[Norman Conquest]] of 1066 and was first seated in England at [[Clifford Castle]] in Herefordshire. The first Baron served as [[Earl Marshal of England]] but was killed at the [[Battle of Bannockburn]] in 1314. His 8th generation descendant the 11th Baron, was created '''Earl of Cumberland''' in 1525, whose grandson the 3rd Earl was a noted naval commander. On the latter's death in 1605, the earldom passed to his younger brother, the 4th Earl (see the [[Earl of Cumberland]] for later history of this title).

The barony fell into [[abeyance]] between the Earl's five daughters, Lady Katherine, Lady Anne, Lady Isabel, Lady Margaret and Lady Mary. It remained in abeyance until 1734 when the abeyance was terminated in favour of the third daughter, Margaret, who became the nineteenth Baroness.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/7323/pages/1 London Gazette 1734]</ref> She was the wife of [[Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation)|Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester]]. On her death in 1775, the title again fell into abeyance, this time between her sisters and their heirs. The abeyance was terminated only a year later in favour of Edward Southwell, the 20th Baron. He was the grandson of Lady Catherine Tufton, eldest daughter of the sixth Earl of Thanet. He was succeeded by his son, the 21st Baron. He was childless and on his death in 1832, the barony fell into abeyance between his sisters Hon. Sophia Southwell and Hon. Elizabeth Southwell and the heirs of his deceased sister Hon. Catherine Southwell.

The peerage was called out of abeyance in 1833 in favour of Sophia Coussmaker, the twenty-second holder. She was the only surviving child of Hon. Catherine Southwell and her husband [[George Coussmaker]]. The 22nd baroness was the wife of John Russell, third son of [[Lord William Russell (aristocrat)|Lord William Russell]], third son of [[Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock]], eldest son and heir of [[John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford]]. She was succeeded by her son, the 23rd Baron, [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Tavistock (UK Parliament constituency)|Tavistock]]. {{As of|2017}}, the title is held by his great-great-grandson [[John Russell, 27th Baron de Clifford|John Edward Southwell Russell, 27th Baron de Clifford]] (b.1928), who succeeded his father in 1982. As a descendant of the 4th Duke of Bedford he is also in remainder to that dukedom and its subsidiary titles.

*[[Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford]] (1274–1314)

*[[Roger de Clifford, 2nd Baron de Clifford]] (1299–1322)

*[[Robert de Clifford, 3rd Baron de Clifford]] (1305–1344)

*[[Robert de Clifford, 4th Baron de Clifford]] (1329–1350)

*[[Roger de Clifford, 5th Baron de Clifford]] (1333–1389)

*[[Thomas de Clifford, 6th Baron de Clifford]] (1363–1391)

*[[John Clifford, 7th Baron de Clifford]] (1388–1422)

*[[Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford]] (1414–1455)

*[[John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford]] (1435–1461)

*[[Henry Clifford, 10th Baron de Clifford]] (1454–1524)

*[[Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland|Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland]], 11th Baron de Clifford]] (1493–1542)

*[[Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland|Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland]], 12th Baron de Clifford]] (1517–1569)

*[[George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland|George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland]], 13th Baron de Clifford]] (1558–1605) (dormant until 1678)

*[[Lady Anne Clifford|Anne Clifford, 14th Baroness de Clifford]] (1590–1676) (unsuccessfully claimed title in 1628; recognised in 1649)

*[[Nicholas Tufton, 3rd Earl of Thanet|Nicholas Tufton]], 3rd''de Earl of Thanet,jure'' 15th Baron de Clifford]] (1631–1679) (allowed to claim title in 1678)<ref name=cp3/>

*[[John Tufton, 4th Earl of Thanet|John Tufton]], 4th''de Earl of Thanet,jure'' 16th Baron de Clifford]] (1638–1680)<ref name=cp3/>

*[[Richard Tufton, 5th Earl of Thanet|Richard Tufton]], 5th''de Earl of Thanet,jure'' 17th Baron de Clifford]] (1640–1684)<ref name=cp3/>

*[[Margaret Coke, 19thCountess Baronessof de CliffordLeicester|Lady Margaret Tufton, 19th Baroness de Clifford]] (1700–1775) (abeyance terminated 1734; abeyant 1775)

*[[John Russell, 27th Baron de Clifford|John Edward Southwell Russell, 27th Baron de Clifford]] (b.19281928–2018)

The [[heir presumptiveapparent]] is the present holder's nephewson, [[MilesHon. Edward Southwell Russell]] (b. 19661998)<br>

*{{cite book|last=Clifford,| first=Hugh (13th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh)|url=https://openlibrary. org/works/OL4362307W/The_house_of_Clifford|title=''The House of Clifford from Before the Conquest''.|publisher=[[The History Press|Phillimore]]|location=[[Chichester]], & CoSussex, UK|date=1987.|isbn=0850336341}}

*{{cite book|last=Weis|first=Frederick Lewis| title=Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700|year=2004|isbn=978-0806317526|publisher=Genealogical byPub FrederickCom|location=[[Baltimore]], LewisMD. Weis; Lines 64–32USA.|edition=8|pages=64, 82–3282, 156–30156, 161–29161, 205–32205|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3F9nG8aFJ7MC&pg=PA112}}

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