Hugh Clifford, 3rd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
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Hugh Clifford, 3rd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh was born on 14 April 1700 and died on 26 March 1732 in Ugbrooke
Ugbrooke
Ugbrooke Park is a country house located in a valley between Exeter and Newton Abbot in Devon, England. It dates back over 900 years, having featured in the Domesday Book. Before the Reformation the land belonged to the Church and the house was occupied by Precentors to the Bishop of Exeter...

, where he was buried. He was the son of Hugh Clifford, 2nd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
Hugh Clifford, 2nd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
Hugh Clifford, 2nd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh was baptized on 21 December 1663 in Ugbrooke and died on 12 October 1730 in Cannington, Somerset. Though the 7th child and 2nd son, he was the eldest living son when his father died...

 and his wife Anne, née Preston.

He succeeded his father as baron in 1730 when his father died. And he was succeeded by his eldest son when he died after only two years as baron.

In 1725, he married Elizabeth Blount, who died in 1778 in Paris, France. She was the daughter of Edward Blount of Blagdon, Devon, son of the 2nd Baronet Blount, of Soddington, co. Westmoreland
Blount Baronets
The Blount Baronetcy of Sodington, [Mamble] in the County of Worcester, was created in the Baronetage of England on 5 October 1642 for Walter Blount, High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1619 and Member of Parliament for Droitwich from 1624 to 1625. He later fought as a Royalist in the Civil War. He...

, and Annabella Guise, daughter of the 2nd Baronet Guise of Elmore, co. Gloucester
Guise Baronets
There have been two Baronetcies created for members of the Guise family, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain. One creation is extant as of 2008....

. They had six children, four sons and two daughters.

The daughter were:
  1. Hon Elizabeth Clifford, died as infant.
  2. Hon. Mary Clifford, born 1731, died on 2 November 1784, married in 1766 Edward Smythe, 4th Baronet Smythe, of Eske Hall, Co. Durham (1719–1784). They had no issue.


The sons were:
  1. Hugh Clifford, 4th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1726–1783)
  2. Hon. Edward Clifford, born 1727, died 1781.
  3. Hon. Henry Clifford, died as infant.
  4. Hon. Thomas Clifford of Tixall, born on 22 August 1732 in London, died 1787. He acceeded in Tixall, Staffordshire. On 2 February 1762, he married at St. James's, Westminster, London, the Hon. Barbara Aston, who was born 4 September 1744, baptized 8 September 1744 at Standon, Hertfordshire
    Standon, Hertfordshire
    Standon is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire. The parish includes the adjoining village of Puckeridge. The village church of St Mary has Saxon origins with much Victorian restoration.The Prime Meridian passes to the west of Standon....

    , became heiress of the estate at Tixall in 1759, and died on 2 August 1786, the daughter of James Aston, 5th Lord Aston of Forfar
    James Aston, 5th Lord Aston of Forfar
    James Aston, 5th Lord Aston of Forfar was a son of Walter Aston, 4th Lord Aston of Forfar, and Lady Mary Howard....

     (1723–1751) and (Lady) Barbara (Maria) Talbot (1720–1759), sister/daughter² of the 14th Earl of Shrewsbury
    Earl of Shrewsbury
    Earl of Shrewsbury is a hereditary title of nobility created twice in the peerage of England.-First creation, 1074:The first creation occurred in 1074 for Roger de Montgomerie, one of William the Conqueror's principal counselors...

    , and sister-in-law to the 6th Baronet Blount, of Sodington, Worcestershire
    Blount Baronets
    The Blount Baronetcy of Sodington, [Mamble] in the County of Worcester, was created in the Baronetage of England on 5 October 1642 for Walter Blount, High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1619 and Member of Parliament for Droitwich from 1624 to 1625. He later fought as a Royalist in the Civil War. He...

    . They had nine sons:
    1. Sir Thomas Hugh Clifford Constable, 1st Baronet Constable, of Tixall, co. Stafford (1762–1823)
    2. Edward Clifford, born 1766, died young.
    3. Henry Clifford, born 1768, died 1813, married Ann Ferrers, daughter of Edward Ferrers.
    4. Walter Clifford, born 1773, died 1806 in Palermo, Sicily, became a clergyman.
    5. Edward J. Clifford, born 1774, died ?, acceeded 1817.
    6. James Francis Clifford, born 1775, died 1855.
    7. Arthur Clifford
      Arthur Clifford
      -Life:Clifford was the sixth of the eight sons of the Hon. Thomas Clifford of Tixall, Staffordshire, by the Hon. Barbara Aston, younger daughter and coheiress of James Aston, 5th Lord Aston of Forfar...

      , born 1778, died 1830, was the publisher of Cliffordiana and Collectanea Cliffordiana. He married in 1809 Eliza Matilda McDonald, daughter of Captain Donald McDonald from/of¹ Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland. They had one daughter:
      1. Rosamund Clifford, who married J. S. Charlton.
    8. Lewis Clifford, born 1778, died 1806.
    9. George Lambert Clifford, born on 9 January 1779, died on 31 January 1854, married on 6 April 1812 Mary Coyney, who died on 22 July 1854, daughter of Walter Hill Coyney of/from¹ Foxearth, Staffordshire. They had five sons and three daughters.
      1. Charles Clifford, 1st Baronet Clifford, of Flaxbourne, New Zealand (1813–1893)
      2. Edward Clifford, a priest
      3. George Clifford, a priest
      4. Walter Clifford, a priest
      5. Alphonso Clifford, born 1830, died 1893.
      6. Mary Lucy Clifford, died 1868.
      7. Constancia Clifford, died 1894.
      8. Francesca Clifford.


¹He acceeded there.

²daughter: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal45882|http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal45882; sister: http://www.thepeerage.com/p1269.htm#i12687|http://www.thepeerage.com/p1269.htm#i12687.
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