Sir Gervase Clifton, 4th Baronet
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Sir Gervase Clifton was 4th Baronet Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire
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, by his sixth marriage to Jane, daughter of Anthony Eyre of Rampton.
He married Anne, daughter of Colonel Dudley Bagnall of Newry, Ireland. The children from this marriage were:
His widow Anne remarried in 1734, to William Blackburne of Ongar, Essex.
, to the baronetcy and Clifton estates in 1686. He was Roman Catholic, and appears in county records for failures to take oaths.
He was imprisoned with his son Robert, during the Jacobite Rising of 1715
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Clifton, Nottinghamshire
Clifton is a council estate and village in the city of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England founded by Sir Robert Clifton. The estate has a number of shop-clusters and relatively good transport links with the city and surrounding areas. The village is on the A453 which is the main connection...
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Family
Gervase was the eldest son of Robert Clifton of Blyth, and his wife Sarah Parkhurst, daughter of Nathaniel Parkhurst of Woodford, Essex. Robert Clifton was the eldest son of Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st BaronetSir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet
Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet , K.B. was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1666. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.-Political career:...
, by his sixth marriage to Jane, daughter of Anthony Eyre of Rampton.
He married Anne, daughter of Colonel Dudley Bagnall of Newry, Ireland. The children from this marriage were:
- Robert CliftonSir Robert Clifton, 5th BaronetSir Robert Clifton KB was 5th Baronet Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire.-Family:Robert was the eldest son of Sir Gervase Clifton, 4th Baronet, and his wife Anne...
, later 5th Baronet - William Clifton, married Mrs Wharton. No issue
- Alfred Clifton, army officer
- Dudley Clifton
- George Clifton, m Anne, daughter of Robert Sacheverell, and had issue
- 10 other sons who died unmarried
His widow Anne remarried in 1734, to William Blackburne of Ongar, Essex.
Career
Gervase succeeded his cousin Sir William Clifton, 3rd BaronetSir William Clifton, 3rd Baronet
Sir William Clifton was 3rd Baronet Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire, and Deputy Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire from 1683-1686. In 1685 he founded a regiment which later became the 15th Regiment of Foot and subsequently the East Yorkshire Regiment.-Family:William was the third, but eldest...
, to the baronetcy and Clifton estates in 1686. He was Roman Catholic, and appears in county records for failures to take oaths.
He was imprisoned with his son Robert, during the Jacobite Rising of 1715
Jacobite Rising of 1715
The Jacobite rising of 1715, often referred to as The 'Fifteen, was the attempt by James Francis Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for the exiled House of Stuart.-Background:...
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