CLIFFORD, Thomas (1630-73) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 1 Aug. 1630, 1st s. of Col. Hugh Clifford (1603–40), and Mary, da. of Sir George Chudleigh, bt.^‡ of Ashton, Devon. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 1647, BA 1650; M. Temple 1648. m. 27 June 1650 (with £1,000), Elizabeth (1630–1709), da. of William Martin (d. 1641) of Lindridge, Devon, 7s. (4 d.v.p.), 8da. (2 d.v.p.). C.H. Hartmann, Clifford of the Cabal, 17, 313–16. suc. fa. 1640; Kntd. c. June 1664. d. 17 Oct. 1673; will 7 Oct. 1673, pr. 25 Nov. 1673. TNA, PROB 11/343.

Offices Held

Gent. of privy chamber June 1660 – d.; commr. for loyal and indigent officers 1662; commr. for sick and wounded 1664 – 67; commr. for duke of Monmouth’s estates 1665 – 70; envoy extraordinary, Denmark, and amb. extraordinary, Sweden 1665; comptroller of household Nov. 1666–8; treas. of household 1668 – 72; PC 5 Dec. 1666–?d.; commr. for trade 1668 – 72; ld. of treasury 1667 – 72; commr. for union with Scotland 1670 – 71; commr. inquiry into the land settlement [I], 1672; ld. treas. 2 Dec. 1672 – 19 June 1673.

Commr. militia, Devon Mar. 1660; dep. lt. Devon 1661 – 73; sub-commr. for prizes, London 1665 – 72.

Maj. militia horse, Devon Apr. 1660-at least 1661; ?lt. RN 1665. Syrett, Commissioned Sea Officers, 86.

Asst. R. Fishing Co. 1664.

Parlimentarian

CLIFFORD, Thomas (1630-73), of Ugbrooke, Chudleigh, Devon.

Associated with: Ugbrooke, Devon; Wallingford House, Whitehall.

Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir P. Lely 1672, Government Art Collection and NPG 204; oil on canvas after Sir P. Lely c. 1663, Leeds City Council, Burton Constable Hall; miniature, watercolour on vellum by Samuel Cooper 1672, Lord Clifford of Chudleigh. D. Foskett, Samuel Cooper and his contemporaries, 66.

Author

Creighton, Anne

Handley, Stuart

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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