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 CLIFFORD 1697/8, he sue. his grandfather abovenamed as Earl of Burlington, and also as Earl of Cork [I.]. He d. 9 Feb. 1703/4. 303 V. and IV. 1704 to 1753- 5 and 4. Richard (Boyle), Earl of Burling- ton, Baron Clifford of Lanesborough, and de jure. Lord Clifford [1628], also Earl of Cork., &c. [I.], only s. and h., b. 25 Apr. 1694. On 25 May 1737, his claim to the Barony of Clifford, cr. by the writ (issued in error) of 1 7 Feb. 1 627/8, was allowed to him as h. to his great-grandmother, the Countess of Burlington, da. and sole h. of Henry Clifford (afterwards Earl of Cumberland), who, in 1628, was sum. as Lord Clifford. He d. s.p.m., 3 Dec. 1753, when his Irish dignities devolved on his cousin and h. male (see " Cork," Earldom of [I.], cr. 1620), while the Earldom of Burlington [1664], and the Barony of Clifford of Lanesborough [1644], became extinct, but the Barony of Clifford [1628] devolved as under: — H f^

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511 3 5. BARONY BY WRIT. VL 1753- 6. Charlotte Elizabeth {styled Marchioness ' OF Hartington), suo jure Baroness Clifford, only surv. da. and h., b. I'j Oct. 1731. She ;«., 27 Mar. 1748, William Cavendish, j/y/i?d' Mar- quess of Hartington, who, in 1751, was sum. to Pari. v.p. as Baron Cavendish of Hardwick., and who, in 1755, after her death, became Duke of Devonshire, and d. 2 Oct. 1764. She d. 24 Dec. 1754. VII. 1754. 7- William (Cavendish), Lord Clifford, s. and h., afterwards (1755) i/j^^ Marquess of Har- tington, who, on 2 Oct. 1764, sue. his father as Duke of Devon- shire. He, who was b. 14 Dec. 1748, ^.29 July 181 1. VIII. 1811. 8. William Spencer (Cavendish), Duke of to Devonshire, Marquess of Hartington, Earl of 1858. Devonshire, Baron Cavendish of Hardwick, and Lord Clifford, s. and h., b. 21 May 1790; d. unm., 18 Jan. 1858, when, his other honours descending to his cousin and htr male, the Barony of Clifford (1628) fell into abeyance, between his two sisters. C) his Father, the present Earl of Burlington, hath right to sit in Pari.," the House " was of opinion that the said Charles, now [1694] Lord Clifford, hath a right to a writ of summons to Pari.," though on the abstract question which had previously been put to them of a similar case, their answer was that they " find no precedent." See Cruise, p. 224. (*) These were (i) Georgiana Dorothy, Dowager Countess of Carlisle, who ^. 8 Aug. 1858, aged 75, leaving issue; and (2) Henrietta Elizabeth, Dowager Countess Granville, who d. 25 Nov. 1862, aged 77, leaving issue. 1— t C ON 3 ON P- +- m -1 <^. r V. 70 >— 1 r ■-4 "-" ^v-i Z LO

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