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 Apr 1593 [his father] John Clifton (age 55) died.

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.

Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton 1570-1618 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 1407-1462

Richard Neville Earl Salisbury 1400-1460

Royal Ancestors of Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton 1570-1618

Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of Malcolm III King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Philip "The Fair" IV King France

Royal Descendants of Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton 1570-1618

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 2

Ancestors of Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton 1570-1618

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Clifton of Walsingham Parva

GrandFather: William Clifton of Barrington

Father: John Clifton

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