Baron Clifford

The barony of this name has been in abeyance since 1858 – for the baronies with similar names that (as of 2005) remain extant see Baron Clifford of Chudleigh and Baron de Clifford

Baron Clifford is a barony in the Peerage of England. It was created by writ on February 17 1628 for Henry Clifford. After his death, his daughter Elisabeth Clifford, 2nd Baroness Clifford inherited the barony and was married to Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, 2nd Earl of Cork, who was subsequently created Baron Clifford of Lanesborough in 1644 (??presumably to provide Baroness Clifford's husband with similar status??). The Lanesborough Barony was thus united with the Earldom of Burlington until the death of the 3rd earl, when the earldom - and the Lanesborough Barony - became extinct. The Clifford Barony proper then was inherited by Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle, 6th Baroness Clifford, the wife of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire. The barony was united with the dukedom until the death of William Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, when the barony fell into abeyance, where it has remained.

Barons Clifford (1628)

*Henry Clifford 1st Baron Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland (1591-1643) summoned to parliament as Lord Clifford in 1628, succeeded as earl in 1641
*Elizabeth Boyle, 2nd Baroness Clifford (1639-1684)
*Charles Boyle, Lord Clifford, 3rd Baron Clifford (1639-1694)
*Charles Boyle, 4th Baron Clifford, 2nd Earl of Burlington, 3rd Earl of Cork (1660-1703)
*Richard Boyle, 5th Baron Clifford, 3rd Earl of Burlington, 4th Earl of Cork (1694-1753)
*Charlotte Elizabeth Cavendish, 6th Baroness Clifford (1731-1754)
*William Cavendish, 7th Baron Clifford, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748-1811)
*William Spencer Cavendish, 8th Baron Clifford, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858), on his death, the barony fell into abeyance 1858

co-heirs of the barony are Granville George Fergus Leveson-Gower, 6th Earl Granville and George William Beaumont Howard, 13th Earl of Carlisle.

See also

* Earl of Cumberland
* Earl of Burlington
* Duke of Devonshire
* Earl of Cork