Hugh Clifford, 7th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh

Hugh Charles Clifford, 7th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (29 May, 1790 -1858) was a British peer. He inherited the title from his father on 29 April, 1831.

Clifford, eldest son of Charles, sixth lord, by a daughter of Henry Arundell of Wardour, was born in 1790. He was educated at the Roman Catholic college of Stonyhurst, and in 1814 attended Cardinal Consalvi to the Congress of Vienna. He served as a volunteer through a large portion of the Peninsular campaigns. On succeeding to his father's estates in 1831 he took his seat in the House of Lords. He gave his general support to the ministry of Lord Grey and afterwards of Lord Melbourne, but seldom took part in the debates except on questions connected with Roman catholicism.

In his later years he lived chiefly in Italy, where he had a residence in the neighbourhood of Tivoli. He died at Rome 28 Feb. 1858 of the effects of a wound in the ankle. By his wife, Mary Lucy, only daughter of Thomas (afterwards Cardinal) Weld of Lulworth Castle, Dorsetshire, he left two daughters and four sons. The eldest son, Charles Hugh, became eighth lord; the third was Major General Sir Henry Hugh Clifford.

Clifford was the author of a "Letter to Edmund Burke on the Repeal of the Corn Laws," 1824; "Letters addressed to Lord Alvanley on his pamphlet, “The State of Ireland considered,”" 1841; and "Letters to the Editor of the “Morning Chronicle” on the East Indian Question;" and several published speeches.

Family and Children

On February 8 1819, he married Mary Lucy Weld, who died in 1831, daughter of Cardinal Thomas Weld (d. 1837) and Lucy Clifford (d. 1815) of Tixall. They had six sons and two daughters:

#Charles Hugh Clifford, 8th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1819-1880)
#Hon. Thomas Hugh Clifford, born 1822, died 1833.
#Hon. William Hugh Joseph Clifford, born on December 24 1823, died on August 141893, buried in Prior Park, Clifton, 2nd Bishop of Clifton from January 29 1857; ordained as bishop on 15 February 1857; died in office; before he became bishop he was a priest.
#Hon. Sir Henry Hugh Clifford, born in 1826, died on April 12 1883 in Ugbrooke. He was awarded with the Victoria Cross. On March 21 1857, he married Josephine Anstice, who died on January 15 1913. They had three sons and fivr daughters:
##Sir Hugh Charles Clifford, born 1866, died on December 18 1941. On April 15 1896, he married firstly Minna à Beckett, who died in 1907, daughter of Gilbert à Beckett. They had one son and two daughters. On September 24 1910, he married secondly, Elizabeth Lydia Rosabelle de la Pasture, née Bonham, who died October 30 1945, daughter of Edward Bonham, of Bramling, Kent. They had no issue. His children were:
###Lieut. Hugh Gilbert Clifford, born on January 20 1897, killed in action on July 1 1916 in World War I.
###Mary Agnes Philippa Clifford, born on April 2 1898, died on April 17 1978. On June 19 1920, she married Major-General, Sir Noel Holmes, who died on December 21 1982. They had one son, Hugo Clifford, born on January 7 1924 and one daughter, Bettine Mary, born on April 22 1921.
###Monica Elizabeth Mary Clifford, born on May 4 1903, died on January 11 1965. She married twice. On June 9 1925, she married Major Trafford, Cecil Edward, who died on December 15 1948. They had no issue. On October 10 1952, she married Richard Désiré Girouard, son of Sir Edward Girouard. They had no issue.
##Brig.-Gen. Henry Frederick Hugh Clifford, born on 13 August 1867, killed in action on 11 September 1916 in World War I.
##Everard Louis Hugh Clifford, born on June 2 1871, died on December 16 1935 as monk.
##May Clifford, born 1859, died 1861.
##Emily Josephine Clifford, born on July 23 1860, died on December 28 1923.
##Blanche Winifred Mary Clifford, born on November 3 1861, died on October 1 1918.
##Alice Mary Clifford, born on November 26 1862, died on April 8 1927.
##Sibyl Mary Clifford, born October 12 1864, died 1948.
#Edmund Hugh Clifford, died as infant
#Hon. Walter Clifford, born 1830 in Rome, became a priest.
#Hon. Eleonora Mary Clifford, born 1820, died 1871 as nun.
#Hon. Mary Constantia Clifford, died March 1898.

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