Henry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland

Henry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland (28 February 1592 – 11 December 1643) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1622. He was created a baron in 1628 and succeeded to the title Earl of Cumberland in 1641.

Clifford was the son of Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland, and Grisold Hughes and a member of the Clifford family which held the seat of Skipton from 1310 to 1676.^[1]^[2] He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.^[3] In 1607, he became joint Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland, Northumberland and Westmorland. He was elected Member of Parliament for Westmorland in 1614, and was returned in 1621.^[4] In 1621, he became Custos Rotulorum of Westmorland. He was created Baron Clifford in 1628.

Clifford was a supporter of Charles I during the so-called Bishops' Wars in Scotland, and also during the Civil War until his death.^[3] He succeeded to the title of Earl of Cumberland in 1641 and died two years later in 1643 at the age of 52; as he left no sons the earldom became extinct.^[5]

Clifford married Lady Frances Cecil (1593 – 14 February 1644), daughter of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Elizabeth Brooke on 25 July, 1610, at St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington.^[6] They had one child: Lady Elizabeth Clifford who married Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Lundy, Darryl. "Henry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland". The Peerage. p. 1634 § 16339.
^ Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995)
^ ^a ^b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cumberland, Dukes and Earls of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 620.
^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 173, 183.
^ Chisholm 1911.
^ Lysons, Daniel. "Kensington Pages 170-230 The Environs of London: Volume 3, County of Middlesex". British History Online. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

Political offices
Vacant Title last held by The 3rd Earl of Cumberland	Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland 1607–1639 With: The 4th Earl of Cumberland 1607–1639 The Earl of Suffolk 1607–1639 The Earl of Dunbar 1607–1611 The Earl of Northumberland 1626–1639 The Earl of Arundel 1632–1639 Lord Maltravers 1632–1639	Succeeded by The Earl of Arundel Lord Maltravers
	Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland 1607–1639 With: The 4th Earl of Cumberland 1607–1639 The Earl of Suffolk 1607–1639 The Earl of Dunbar 1607–1611 The Earl of Northumberland 1626–1639 The Earl of Arundel 1632–1639 Lord Maltravers 1632–1639	Succeeded by The Earl of Northumberland
	Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland 1607–1642 With: The 4th Earl of Cumberland 1607–1641 The Earl of Suffolk 1607–1639 The Earl of Dunbar 1607–1611 The Earl of Northumberland 1626–1639 The Earl of Arundel 1632–1639 Lord Maltravers 1632–1639	English Interregnum
Vacant Title last held by Sir Thomas Strickland	Custos Rotulorum of Westmorland 1621–1641	Succeeded by Sir Philip Musgrave, Bt
Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Richard Musgrave Sir Thomas Strickland	Member of Parliament for Westmorland 1614–1622 With: Sir Thomas Wharton	Succeeded by Sir John Lowther Robert Strickland
Peerage of England
Preceded by Francis Clifford	Earl of Cumberland 1641–1643	Extinct
New title	Baron Clifford 1628–1643	Succeeded by Elizabeth Clifford