Sir Robert Clifton, 5th Baronet
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Sir Robert Clifton KB
was 5th Baronet Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire
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, and his wife Anne. He was imprisoned briefly with his father during the Jacobite Rising of 1715
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He married on 27 June 1723, Frances Coote (d 1733), daughter of Nanfan Coote, 2nd Earl of Bellomont, and had:
On the death of his wife Anne, he married on 16 October 1739, Hannah (d 1748), daughter of Sir Thomas Lombe, Alderman and Sheriff of London. They had no issue.
On the death of Hannah, he married in 1756, Judith (d 1765), daughter of Captain Thwaites, and had:
Despite his father's Roman Catholicism, and his imprisonment in 1715 he served as M.P. for East Retford
between 1727 and 1741. In 1741 he came bottom of the poll, despite large bribes paid by his mother-in-law, Lady Lombe, to potential voters.
In 1746 he was imprisoned for debt. He expressed interest to re-enter parliament but found little support in his attempts to stand at Retford in 1747 and Nottingham in 1758.
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
was 5th Baronet Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire
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
Robert was the eldest son of Sir Gervase Clifton, 4th BaronetSir Gervase Clifton, 4th Baronet
Sir Gervase Clifton was 4th Baronet Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire.-Family:Gervase was the eldest son of Robert Clifton of Blyth, and his wife Sarah Parkhurst, daughter of Nathaniel Parkhurst of Woodford, Essex...
, and his wife Anne. He was imprisoned briefly with his father 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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He married on 27 June 1723, Frances Coote (d 1733), daughter of Nanfan Coote, 2nd Earl of Bellomont, and had:
- Frances Clifton, married in 1747 to George Carpenter, 1st Earl of TyrconnellGeorge Carpenter, 1st Earl of TyrconnellGeorge Carpenter, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell , known as The Lord Carpenter between 1749 and 1761, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...
On the death of his wife Anne, he married on 16 October 1739, Hannah (d 1748), daughter of Sir Thomas Lombe, Alderman and Sheriff of London. They had no issue.
On the death of Hannah, he married in 1756, Judith (d 1765), daughter of Captain Thwaites, and had:
- Gervase Clifton, later 6th BaronetSir Gervase Clifton, 6th BaronetSir Gervase Clifton was 6th Baronet Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire. and High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire from 1767 to 1768.-Family:Gervase was the only son of Sir Robert Clifton, 5th Baronet, and his second wife Judith...
Career
He was made a Knight of the Bath in 1725, and succeeded his father to the baronetcy in 1731.Despite his father's Roman Catholicism, and his imprisonment in 1715 he served as M.P. for East Retford
East Retford (UK Parliament constituency)
East Retford was a parliamentary constituency in Nottinghamshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons for the first time in 1316, and continuously from 1571 until 1885, when the constituency was abolished...
between 1727 and 1741. In 1741 he came bottom of the poll, despite large bribes paid by his mother-in-law, Lady Lombe, to potential voters.
In 1746 he was imprisoned for debt. He expressed interest to re-enter parliament but found little support in his attempts to stand at Retford in 1747 and Nottingham in 1758.