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 Eleanor Mary Arundell, daughter of Henry Arundell, 8th Baron 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 house near Tivoli. He died at Rome 28 February 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 8 February 1819, he married Mary Lucy Weld, who died in 1831, daughter of Thomas Weld (d. 1837) and Lucy Clifford (d. 1815) of Tixall. They had six sons and two daughters:

1. Charles Hugh Clifford, 8th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1819–1880)
2. Hon. Thomas Hugh Clifford, born 1822, died 1833.
3. Hon. William Hugh Joseph Clifford, born on December 24, 1823, died on August 14, 1893, 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.
4. Hon. Sir Henry Hugh Clifford, born in 1826, died on April 12, 1883 in Ugbrooke. He was awarded the Victoria Cross. On March 21, 1857, he married Josephine Anstice, who died on January 15, 1913. They had three sons and five daughters:
   1. 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. She was born a daughter of Edward Bonham, of Bramling, Kent, but became known as a novelist under the name of Mrs Henry de la Pasture; she died October 30, 1945. They had no issue. His children were:
      1. Lieut. Hugh Gilbert Clifford, born on January 20, 1897, killed in action on July 1, 1916 in World War I.
      2. 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.
      3. 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.
   2. Brig.-Gen. Henry Frederick Hugh Clifford, born on 13 August 1867, killed in action on 11 September 1916 in World War I.
   3. Everard Louis Hugh Clifford, born on June 2, 1871, died on December 16, 1935 as monk.
   4. May Clifford, born 1859, died 1861.
   5. Emily Josephine Clifford, born on July 23, 1860, died on December 28, 1923.
   6. Blanche Winifred Mary Clifford, born on November 3, 1861, died on October 1, 1918.
   7. Alice Mary Clifford, born on November 26, 1862, died on April 8, 1927.
   8. Sibyl Mary Clifford, born October 12, 1864, died 1948.
5. Edmund Hugh Clifford, died as infant
6. Hon. Walter Clifford, born 1830 in Rome, became a priest.
7. Hon. Eleonora Mary Clifford, born 1820, died 1871 as nun.
8. Hon. Mary Constantia Clifford, died March 1898.

References

Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Clifford, Hugh Charles". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.