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Sir Charles Clifford, 4th Baronet

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Sir Charles Cavendish Clifford, 4th Baronet (7 January 1821 – 22 November 1895)[1] was an English barrister and Liberal Party politician. He was a member of parliament (MP) for over 20 years, representing seats on the Isle of Wight, and served as private secretary to the Liberal statesman Viscount Palmerston.

Family and early life

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Clifford was the third son of Admiral Sir Augustus Clifford, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Frances, the second daughter of the Whig parliamentarian Lord John Townshend.[2] He was educated at Charterhouse School and at Christ Church, Oxford where he graduated in 1843 with a 4th-class Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in classics. He became a Fellow of All Souls in 1845 and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1846.[2]

He lived at Westfield House, Ryde, on the Isle of Wight.[2][3] He succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1893, but the title became extinct on his death in 1895.[1]

Political career

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Clifford was elected at the 1857 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Isle of Wight,[4][5] and re-elected in 1859, but did stand again at the 1865 general election.[5] He was returned to the House of Commons at a by-election in November 1870 for the borough of Newport,[6] and held that seat until the borough was disenfranchised at the 1885 general election.[6]

He was private secretary for many years to the Liberal statesman Viscount Palmerston,[2] who served as Foreign Secretary, Home Secretary and Prime Minister.

He also held several local ceremonial appointments: he was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire in 1847,[7] and as a Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight Rifle Volunteers in January 1860,[8] but had resigned the latter commission by February 1863.[9]

Works

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Clifford was the author of translations of Aristophanes' Ranae and of the Aeschylus's Prometheus Vinctus.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Baronets: C, part 3". Leigh Rayment's baronetage pages. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e Robert Henry Mair (1867). Debrett's illustrated House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881. London: Dean & son. p. 47. Retrieved 24 July 2010 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ "No. 22261". The London Gazette. 10 May 1859. p. 1907.
  4. ^ "No. 21986". The London Gazette. 7 April 1857. p. 1265.
  5. ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [First published 1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 402. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  6. ^ a b Craig, op. cit., page 222
  7. ^ "No. 20746". The London Gazette. 22 June 1847. p. 2271.
  8. ^ "No. 22353". The London Gazette. 3 February 1860. p. 382.
  9. ^ "No. 22708". The London Gazette. 17 February 1863. p. 821.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Isle of Wight
1857 – 1865 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight)
1870 – 1885 		Constituency abolished
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baronet
of the Navy
1892–1895 		Extinct
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