Sir
Henry
"2nd Earl of Cumberland, 12th Lord Clifford, 12th Lord of the Honour of Skipton"
Clifford
KB
Born about in Skipton, Yorkshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Henry Clifford KG
and Margaret (Percy) Clifford
Brother of
Catherine (Clifford) Chomeley, Elizabeth (Clifford) Metcalfe, Ingeram Clifford, Maud (Clifford) Conyers, Jane (Clifford) Huddleston and Thomas (Clifford) de Clifford
Husband of
Eleanor (Brandon) Clifford
— married
about Jul 1537 in Suffolk Place, London
Husband of
Anne (Dacre) Clifford
— married
about 1553 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Frances (Clifford) Wharton, Charles Clifford, Henry Clifford, Margaret (Clifford) Stanley, George Clifford KG, Francis Clifford, Eleanor Clifford and Mary Clifford
Died
at about age 53
in Brogham Castle, Westmorland, England
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Aug 2011
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Biography
Sir Henry Clifford was a member of the aristocracy in England.
Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland
Titles of Sir Henry Clifford (Royal Ancestry):
- 2nd Earl of Cumberland
- 12th Lord Clifford
- hereditary Sheriff of Westmorland
- Constable and Steward of the Castle of Knaresborough 1542
- Councillor of the North 1542
- Captain in the West Marches 1544
- Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland 1553-9
- High Steward od the Duchy of Lancaster in Yorkshire 1557
- Captain of the Rear Guard (Army in the North) 1557
- High Steward of Ripon
Henry Clifford (1517 – Jan 1570)[1] m.1 Eleanor Brandon.[2] Issue: 3
Only their daughter Margaret survived. The other 2 children died as infants.
- Lady Margaret Clifford (1540 - 29 September 1596). She was consort to Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby.
m.2 Anne Dacre
(Royal Ancestry) He was buried at Skipton, Yorkshire as were both of his wives.
Sources
- ↑ Jun 7, 2011 by Jeff Steele. S-1965200573 Ancestry Family Trees https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/25520292/family; Aug 1, 2011 by Christina Marshall. S-2135091431 Ancestry Family Trees https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/15793762/family; Wikipedia
- ↑ p. Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor, former queen consort of France.
- Royal Ancestry D. Richardson 2013 Vol. I pp. 510-511
- Royal Ancestry D. Richardson 2013 Vol. V p. 210
- Clifford pedigree: Table Showing the Descent of the Barony of Clifford
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