Baron Clifford

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland, 1st Baron Clifford

Baron Clifford was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England .

Award and history of the title

The title was created on February 17, 1628 for Henry Clifford when he was appointed to the House of Lords by Writ of Summons . In 1641 he inherited the title of 5th Earl of Cumberland from his father . When he died himself in 1643, he had no male offspring and the earldom became extinct. The barony was inheritable as Barony by writ also in the female line and fell to his daughter Elizabeth, who was married to Richard Boyle († 1698), the 2nd Earl of Cork . He was raised to Baron Clifford of Lanesborough in 1644 and Earl of Burlington in 1664 . Their son Charles Boyle inherited in 1663 by Writ of acceleration ahead of his father, the downstream title Viscount Dungarvan , and in 1689 as the title of Baron Clifford of Lanesborough and inherited on the death of his mother and the title Baron Clifford , but died before his father, so that only his son, Charles Boyle , united the Barony of Clifford with the Earldoms of Cork and Burlington. At the death of his son Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington in 1753, who had no sons, the barony of Clifford fell to his daughter Charlotte as the 6th baroness. The Earldom of Burlington and the Barony of Clifford of Lanesborough became extinct, the Earldom of Cork and the remaining titles fell to his third cousin, John Boyle, 5th Earl of Orrery . Charlotte was married to William Cavendish († 1764), the 4th Duke of Devonshire . Her son united the barony with the dukedom. When his son, the 6th Duke , died childless on January 18, 1858, the barony fell into suspension ( Abeyance ). This condition continues to this day.

List of Barons Clifford (1628)

See also

Web links