Biography of Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton 1570-1618
Before 1570 [his father] John Clifton (age 32) and [his mother] Anne Stanley (age 37) were married. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Around 1570 Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton was born to John Clifton (age 32) and Anne Stanley (age 38) in Barrington Court.
In 1591 [his mother] Anne Stanley (age 59) died.
In 1591 Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton (age 21) and Katherine Darcy (age 20) were married.
Around 1592 [his daughter] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton (age 22) and [his wife] Katherine Darcy (age 21).
In 1608 Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton (age 38) was created 1st Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire by writ of summons enabling descent by the female line.
In 1609 [his son-in-law] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 30) and [his daughter] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 17) were married. He the son of Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox.
On 17 Mar 1617 Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton (age 47) was prosecuted by the Star Chamber and moved to Fleet Prison [Map].
On 30 Dec 1617 Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton (age 47) was imprisoned in the Tower of London [Map] for having threatened Francis Bacon 1st Viscount St Alban (age 56) when Francis ordered a survey of Gervase's lands.
On 14 Oct 1618 Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton (age 48) stabbed himself to death in the Fleet Prison [Map]. His daughter [his daughter] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 26) succeeded 2nd Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.
In Aug 1637 [his former wife] Katherine Darcy (age 66) died.
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Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Philip "The Fair" IV King France
Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stanley 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Goushill
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
GrandFather: Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Vaughan of Bredwardine 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Vaughan 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam "Star of Abergavenny" Brecon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Vaughan 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas ab Philip Vychan Unknown
Great x 3 Grandmother: Denise or Cecily Vaughan
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vaughan Baroness Grey Wilton 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Mother: Anne Stanley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England