Sir Gervase Clifton (d. 27 Feb 1731) was 4th Baronet Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire.[1]
Gervase was the eldest son of Robert Clifton of Blyth, and his wife Sarah Parkhurst, daughter of Nathaniel Parkhurst of Woodford, Essex. Robert Clifton was the eldest son of Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet, by his sixth marriage to Jane, daughter of Anthony Eyre of Rampton.
He married Anne, daughter of Colonel Dudley Bagnall of Newry, Ireland. The children from this marriage were:
His widow Anne remarried in 1734, to William Blackburne of Ongar, Essex.
Gervase succeeded his cousin Sir William Clifton, 3rd Baronet, to the baronetcy and Clifton estates in 1686. He was Roman Catholic, and appears in county records for failures to take oaths.
He was imprisoned with his son Robert, during the Jacobite Rising of 1715.
| Baronetage of England | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir William Clifton |
Baronet (of Clifton, Nottinghamshire) 1686–1731 |
Succeeded by Sir Robert Clifton |