Henry CLIFFORD

(2nd E. Cumberland)

Born: 1517, Skipton, Yorkshire, England

Christened: 4 Oct 1531

Died: 2/8 Jan 1569/70, Castle Brougham, Westmoreland, England

Buried: 4 Dec 1593, Skipton Church, Skipton, Yorkshire, England

Father: Henry CLIFFORD (1º E. Cumberland)

Mother: Margaret PERCY (C. Cumberland)

Married 1: Eleanor BRANDON (C. Cumberland)

Children:

1. Margaret CLIFFORD (C. Derby)

2. Charles CLIFFORD

Married 2: Anne DACRE (C. Cumberland) ABT 1552/3, Kirk Oswald

Children:

3. George CLIFFORD (2º E. Cumberland)

4. Francis CLIFFORD (4º E. Cumberland)

5. Eleanor CLIFFORD

6. Mary CLIFFORD

7. Frances CLIFFORD (B. Wharton)

8. Henry Francis CLIFFORD

Henry, 12th Lord Clifford was made Knight of the Bath in 1533 on the vigil of Queen Anne Boleyn's coronation and in the same year he was contracted to married Henry VIII's niece Eleanor Brandon. Henry VIII was present at the wedding and in his will he entailed the crown to Eleanor's children if there was no issue from Henry's own children or by his other niece Lady Frances. Henry Clifford and Eleanor Brandon had three children, two boys whom both died in infancy and a daughter Margaret. Eleanor died in 1547 and her husband was heartbroken. He was very ill for a long time and retired to the country to recover. He was the bearer of the Third Sword at the Catholic Queen Mary's coronation and was Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland from 1553 to 1559 but when Elizabeth came to the throne he was accused of protecting popish priests in the North. In 1569 he supported Mary Queen of Scots claim to the English throne but he did not take part in the Catholic Rising of the Northern Earls. He died in Jan the following year. By his second wife, Anne Dacre, he left two sons and three daughters.

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