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'''Puente Juan Bosch''' is a relatively new bridge crossing the [[Ozama River]] in the city of [[Santo Domingo]], [[Dominican Republic]]. It is named after former president [[Juan Bosch]]. |
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'''Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh''' ([[1 August]] [[1630]] - [[17 October]] [[1673]]), [[England|English]] statesman and politician, was created the first '''Baron Clifford of Chudleigh''' on [[April 22]] [[1672]] for his suggestion that [[Charles II of England|the King]] supply himself with money by stopping, for one year, all payments out of the Exchequer. |
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He was born in [[Ugbrooke]], the son of Hugh Clifford of [[Chudleigh]], [[Devon]], and his wife Mary, daughter of Sir [[George Chudleigh]], [[baronet|Bt]]. He was baptised [[4 August]] [[1630]] at Ugbrooke, and matriculated at [[Exeter College, Oxford|Exeter College]] ([[Oxford]]), receiving his [[B.A.]] there in 1650. |
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*[http://www.el-bohio.com/aerial_tour/aerial_tourP.html Aerial Photo] |
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== Political and Public Life == |
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He became a [[barrister]] of the [[Middle Temple]] and an [[Member of Parliament|MP]] for [[Totnes]] in 1660-1672. He distinguished himself in naval battles, and was knighted. He became [[Comptroller of the Household]] in 1666 and a member of the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]]. At the end of the [[Second Anglo-Dutch War|Dutch war]] in 1669 he intrigued against the peace treaty, preferring the French interests. He was one of the five Counsellors who formed the [[Cabal Ministry|Cabal]], though he was probably the least important of them. |
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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 resigned. |
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He died by his own hand (perhaps "strangled with his [[cravat|cravatt]] upon the bed-tester") a few months after his retirement. |
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== Family and children == |
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*His father: Hugh Clifford of Chudleigh, Devon and Ugbrooke |
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*His mother: Mary, daughter of Sir [[George Chudleigh]], 1st [[baronet|Bt]] Chudleigh of Ashton. |
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*His aunt: Sabrina Clifford, married Matthew Hals of Kenendon. Their daughter, Anne, married Rev John Tindal and was the mother of Dr [[Matthew Tindal]], the eminent deist and author of Christianity as Old as the Creation. |
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*He married Elizabeth Martin, who died in 1709. She was the daughter of Richard (William) Martin of [[Lindridge, Devon]]. |
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*They had fifteen children, eight of which were daughters: |
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#Elizabeth, born before 1655, died as infant. |
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#Elizabeth, born 1655, died 1677, married in 1673 [[Henry Carew, 2nd Baronet Carew of Haccombe]]. They had no issue (?). |
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#Mary, born 1658, died October 9 1715, married in 1673 Sir Simon Leach of Cadeleigh. They had no issue (?). |
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#Amy, born 1661, died (?), married in October 1681 John Courtenay of Molland. They had no issue (?). |
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#Anne, born 1662, died 1678. |
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#Rhoda, born 1665, died 1689. |
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#Isabel Clifford, born between 1665 and 1669, died as infant. |
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#Catherine Clifford, born 1670, died 1708. |
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And their sons were: |
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#Thomas, born before 1652, died as infant. |
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#Thomas, born before 1652, died as infant. |
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#Thomas, born on December 3 1652, died in 1671 in Florence, Italy. |
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#George, born between 1653 and 1662, died as infant |
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#[[Hugh Clifford, 2nd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh|Hugh, 2nd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh]] (1663-1730) |
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#Simon, born 1666, died ?, acceeded in 1686. |
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#Charles, born 1671, baptized on June 24 1671, died on July 4 1691, buried in Ugbrooke. |
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Revision as of 06:08, 13 October 2008
Puente Juan Bosch is a relatively new bridge crossing the Ozama River in the city of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It is named after former president Juan Bosch.
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