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 432 BURLINGTON h. of Charles, Viscount Dungarvan [I.] and Lord Clifford of Lanes- borough, by Jane, his ist wife, abovenamed, which Charles was s. and h. ap. of the last Earl. He was b. before 1674; was M.P. (Tory)('') for Appleby, 1690-94; Governor of co. Cork, 1691; and on 12 Oct. 1694, j«c. his father in the Irish Viscountcy and English Barony abovenamed, and was sum. to Pari. 20 Nov. following as LORD CLIFFORD OF LANES- BOROUGH.(^) Gazetted P.C. [I.] 13 Sep. 1695; Lord Treasurer [I.] 16 Nov. 1695 till his death; Gent, of the Bedchamber to William III 1 797- 1 702; Lord Lieut, of the West Riding of co. York, 1699 till his death; Vice Admiral of co. York, 1701 till his death; P.C. [E.] 8 Jan. 1 701/2; Commissioner to treat of the Scottish Union, 1702. He w., 26 Jan. 1687/8, Juliana, da. and h. of the Hon. Henry Noel, of North LufFenham, Rutland (2nd s. of Baptist, 3rd Viscount Campden), by Eliza- beth, da. and coh. of Sir William Wale, Alderman of London. He d. at his house at Chiswick, Midx., 9, and was bur. 28 Feb. 1703/4, at Londes- borough. Will dat. 4, pr. 26 Feb. 1703/4. His widow, who was b. 19, and bap. 30 May 1672, at Wakerley, Northants, and who was Mistress of the Robes to Queen Anne, d. in Pall Mall, Midx., 17 Oct., and was bur. 7 Nov. 1750, at Londesborough. Admon. 17 Jan. 17 50/1. III. 1704 3. Richard (Boyle), Earl of Burlington [1664], Lord Clifford [1628] and Baron Clifford of Lanes- borough [1644] [E.], also Earl of Cork, i£z. [I.], only 1753. s. and h., ^.25 Apr., and bap. 3 May 1694, at St. James's, Westm.('^) Appointed P.C. [I.] 30 Sep. 17 14, but never sworn. In 171 5, when of full age, he was made Lord Treasurer [I.], Gov. of CO. Cork, also Vice Admiral of co. York 1715-33, and Lord Lieut, of the East Riding 1715-21, and West Riding 1715-33. F.R.S. i Nov. 1722. F.S.A. 5 Feb. 1723/4. P.C. [E.] 15 May 1729. Nom. K.G. 18 May and inst. 18 June 1730. Capt. of the Gent. Pensioners 1731-33; Con- stable of Knaresborough Castle. On 25 May 1737 his claim to the BARONY DE CLIFFORD, cr. by the writ (issued in error) of 17 Feb. 16211% to Henry Clifford, (afterwards Earl of Cumberland) was allowed to him as h. to his great-grandmother (Countess of Burlington), da. and sole h. of the said Henry. He w/., 21 Mar. 1 720/1, Dorothy, ist da. and coh. (') He voted with the Tories in the House of Commons, but opposed the Occa- sional Conformity Bill in the Lords in i 703. V.G. (^) The House of Lords found, after debate, that he was entitled to this summons; it having been referred to the Committee for Privileges " whether if a lord called by writ into his father's Barony shall die in the lifetime of his father, the son of that Lord (so called) be a peer and hath a right to his writ of summons," and the com- mittee having reported that "they find no precedent." V.G. {^) A. Carleton writes of him in Oct. 1 713, as "a good natured pretty gentleman, but in Whig hands " — which last he was till 1733, when he quarrelled with Walpole, resigned both his Court office and his Lord Lieutenancy, and joined the Opposition.