Baron de Clifford

George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, 13th Baron de Clifford

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

Award and history of the title

The title was created for Robert de Clifford on December 29, 1299 by writing this to the royal parliament through Writ of Summons . He was later Lord Marshal of England and died in 1314 at the Battle of Bannockburn .

As Barony by writ , the title can also be inherited in the female line in the absence of male descendants.

His descendant, the 9th Baron, was ostracized post mortem for high treason on November 4, 1461 ( Bill of Attainder ), his title was revoked and his lands were confiscated. On November 9, 1485, his son obtained the repeal of the ostracism and the return of the lands and the title of 10th baron.

His son, the 11th Baron, was raised to Earl of Cumberland on June 18, 1525 . On the death of his grandson, the 3rd Earl and 13th Baron, in 1605, the Earldom, which could only be inherited in the male line, fell to the younger brother of the Earl, Francis Clifford . The barony was to fall de iure to the only daughter of the 3rd Earl, Anne, but was led by the 4th Earl and after him by his son, the 5th Earl, against which Anne's mother sued in 1606 and 1628 without success. It was only after the 5th Earl died in 1643 without leaving any sons that Anne succeeded in getting her title claim confirmed by the House of Lords retrospectively as 14th Baroness in 1649 .

Since the baroness had no sons, the barony fell on her death in Abeyance in 1676 between her two daughters from her first marriage, Margaret Sackville (1614–1676) and Isabella Sackville (1622–1661). At the death of Isabella's only daughter, Alathea Compton, on October 14, 1678, the title of Margaret's eldest son was restored as the 15th baron. He had inherited the title of 3rd Earl of Thanet from his father in 1664 .

On the death of his younger brother, the 6th Earl of Thanet, in 1721, the barony in Abeyance fell between his five daughters. The Earldom, however, fell to his nephew Sackville Tufton as the 7th Earl.

On August 3, 1734, the Abeyance in favor of Coerbin Margaret , widow of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester , ended as the 19th baroness and fell between her sisters and their descendants when she died childless in 1775 in Abeyance. On April 17, 1776, the title was restored to Coerbe Edward Southwell as 20th Baron. On the death of his son, the 21st baron, in 1832 the barony in Abeyance fell between his four sisters and was restored on March 4, 1833 for the only daughter of the eldest sister as the 22nd baroness. Today's title holder has been her great-great-great-great-grandson Miles Russel as the 28th Baron since 2018 .

Today's family seat of the barons is Riggledown in Pennymoor near Tiverton in Devon .

List of Barons de Clifford (1299)

• 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 (1329-1344)
• 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) (title forfeited 1461)
• Henry Clifford, 10th Baron de Clifford (1454-1524) (title restored 1485)
• Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland , 11th Baron de Clifford (1493–1542)
• Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland , 12th Baron de Clifford (1517–1569)
• George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland , 13th Baron de Clifford (1558–1605)
• Anne Herbert, 14th Baroness de Clifford (1590–1676) (title confirmed 1649, title abeyant 1676)
• Nicholas Tufton, 3rd Earl of Thanet , 15th Baron de Clifford (1631–1679) (Abeyance finished 1678)
• John Tufton, 4th Earl of Thanet , 16th Baron de Clifford (1638–1680)
• Richard Tufton, 5th Earl of Thanet , 17th Baron de Clifford (1640–1684)
• Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet , 18th Baron de Clifford (1644–1721) (title abeyant 1721)
• Margaret Coke, 19th Baroness de Clifford (1700–1775) (Abeyance finished 1734; title abeyant 1775)
• Edward Southwell, 20th Baron de Clifford (1738–1777) (Abeyance finished 1776)
• Edward Southwell, 21st Baron de Clifford (1767–1832) (title abeyant 1832)
• Sophia Coussmaker, 22nd Baroness de Clifford (1791–1874) (Abeyance finished 1833)
• Edward Russell, 23rd Baron de Clifford (1824–1877)
• Edward Russell, 24th Baron de Clifford (1855-1894)
• Jack Russell, 25th Baron de Clifford (1884-1909)
• Edward Russell, 26th Baron de Clifford (1907-1982)
• John Russell, 27th Baron de Clifford (1928-2018)
• Miles Russell, 28th Baron de Clifford (born 1966)

The heir ( Heir Apparent ) is the son of the current title holder, Hon. Edward Southwell Russell (* 1998).

See also

• Baron Clifford (1628)
• Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1672)
• Baron Clifford of Lanesborough (1644)

Literature and web links

• Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• de Clifford, Baron (E, 1299) at Cracroft's Peerage