Baron de Clifford

Baron de Clifford is a British hereditary title of nobility in the Peerage of England, which is now run by the Russell family.

Award

The title was created in 1299 for Robert de Clifford. He was later the Earl Marshal of England, and fell in 1314 at the Battle of Bannockburn.

As with many ancient baronies of the Peerage of England, the creation was not by appointment of a person to Peer ( letters patent ), but by the fact that the person was asked to take a seat in the Upper House ( Writ of Summons ). A special feature of these baronies by writ is that they can also be inherited in the female line, if no children are present. However applies between several sisters - unlike brothers - not the principle of primogeniture. Since the title can not be shared or held in common but the title rests if no sons, but daughters are more available ( falls into Abeyance ). Everyone can then jointly entitled to request the termination of the suspension at the crown. So the title rested, for example, from 1605 to 1649.

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The eleventh Baron was raised in 1525 to the Earl of Cumberland. After the death of the third Earl, the thirteenth Baron, was this title that could be inherited only in the male line, to the younger brother of the Earl.

The fifteenth Baron led, as it fell to the barony, already the title of Earl of Thanet. Although the sixth Earl had five daughters but no son. While the barony rested after his death, the earldom fell to a nephew.

The twenty-third Baron, who inherited the title from his mother, his father was a grandson of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford. Since the title has since been inherited only in the male line, the respective Baron stands in the succession of the title Duke of Bedford, together with subordinate dignities.

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 )
  • Henry Clifford, 10th Baron de Clifford ( 1454-1524 )
  • 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 ) ( dormant )
  • Anne Herbert, 14th Baroness de Clifford ( 1590-1676 ) ( claimed the title in 1628 unsuccessfully; recognized 1649)
  • Nicholas Tufton, 3rd Earl of Thanet, 15th Baron de Clifford ( 1631-1679 ) (claim 1678 approved)
  • 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 ) ( dormant )
  • Margaret Coke, 19th Baroness de Clifford ( 1700-1775 ) (Suspension finished in 1734; dormant )
  • Edward Southwell, 20th Baron de Clifford ( 1738-1777 ) (Suspension ended 1776)
  • Edward Southwell, 21 Baron de Clifford ( 1767-1832 ) ( dormant )
  • Sophia Coussmaker 22 Baroness de Clifford ( 1791-1874 ) (Suspension ended 1833)
  • Edward Southwell Russell, 23 Baron de Clifford ( 1824-1877 )
  • Edward Southwell Russell, 24th Baron de Clifford ( 1855-1894 )
  • Jack Southwell Russell, 25th Baron de Clifford ( 1884-1909 )
  • Edward Southwell Russell, 26th Baron de Clifford ( 1907-1982 )
  • John Edward Southwell Russell, 27th Baron de Clifford ( b. 1928 )

Presumptive heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is the younger brother of the present Baron, Hon William Southwell Russell ( b. 1930 ). Meanwhile heir apparent is his son, Miles Edward Southwell Russell ( b. 1966 ), whose heritage is in turn his son, Edward Southwell Russell ( * 1998).

Swell

  • Charles Kidd, David Williamson (ed.): Debrett 's Peerage and Baronetage. St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
  • Leigh Rayment 's Peerage Page
  • Www.thepeerage.com
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