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 CLIFFORD 305 dat. 7 Oct., pr. 25 Nov. 1673, by the widow and executrix. She d. 21, and was bur. 28 Sep. 1709, at Ugbrooke. M.I. II. 1673. Hugh (Clifford), Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, 5th but 1st surv. s. and h.,(*) bap. 21 Dec. 1663, at Ugbrooke; ed. at Winchester 1678-79. He w., in or before 1685, Anne, da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Preston, Bart., of Furness, co. Lancaster, by- Mary, da. of Caryll (Molyneux), 3rd Viscount Molyneux [I.]. He d. 1 2 Oct. 1 730, at Canninsjton, Somerset, and was bur. there, aged (id. Will dat. 18 Oct. 1726, pr. 24 May 1731, and enrolled on the Close Roll. His widow d. 5, and was bur. 10 July 1734, at Ugbrooke, aged 67. Will dat. 13 Sep. 1733, pr. 10 Sep. 1734, and enrolled as above. III. 1730. 3. Hugh (Clifford), Baron Clifford of Chud- leigh, 7th but 1st surv. s. and h. male,('') b. 14 Apr. 1700. He w., against his parents' wish (settl. dat. 14 Oct. 1725), Eliza- beth, da. and coh. of Edward Blount, of Blagdon, Devon, by Arabella, da. of Sir John Guise, Bart. He d. 26 Mar. 1732, at Ugbrooke, and was bur. there, aged 31. Will dat. 12 July 1731, pr. 26 Feb. 1732/3. His widow d. Nov. 1778, at Paris. IV. 1732. 4. Hugh (Clifford), Baron Clifford of Chud- leigh, 1st s. and h., b. 29 Sep. 1726. He »;., 17 Dec. 1749, in London, Anne, sister and coh. of George (Lee), 3rd Earl of Lichfield, 5th da. of George Henry, the 2nd Earl, by Frances, da. of Sir John Hales, Bart. He d. i Sep. 1783, at Ugbrooke, and was bur. there, aged nearly 57. M.I. Will dat. 18 June, pr. 31 Oct. 1783.0 His widow d. 9 Dec. 1802, at Altona, aged 7i.('^) Will pr. Apr. 1803. V. 1783. 5. Hugh Edward Henry (Clifford), Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, ist s. and h., b. and bap. 2 July 1756. He »;., 2 May 1780, at Bath, ApoUonia, yst. da. and coh. 17 Sep. 1666). "A daring person but by no means fit for a supple and flattering courtier." {Diary of John Evelyn, 27 Nov. 1666). "A valiant uncorrupt gentleman, ambitious not covetous; generous, passionate, a most constant sincere friend." Idem, 18 Aug. 1673; where also the current story is given that " he strangled himself with his cravatt upon the bed-tester." V.G. (*) His next elder br., George, who is erroneously stated by Collins, and also in Diet. Nat. Biog., to have been the 2nd Lord, d. v.i>. and s.p., before 12 May 1673, when the pedigree was entered at the College of Arms. There were three sons b. before this George, the two elder being named Thomas, and the yst. Robert, of these the last, b. 3 and bap. 18 Oct. 1652, matric. at Oxford (Queen's Coll.) 10 Nov. 1668, aged 15; d. unm. at Florence, 29 Mar., and v/2i%hur. 28 July 1671, at Ugbrooke. (*") His elder br., Thomas Clifford, b. 1687, m. Charlotte, suo jure, Countess of Newburgh [S.], and d. v.p. and s.p.m. 17 18, leaving a da. his (but not her mother's) heir, the ancestress of those Earls of Newburgh [S.] who have existed since 18 14. (f) He rebuilt the house at Ugbrooke in 1760. C^) She was a boarder at the Blue Nuns' School at Paris, in 1740. 39