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Admiral of the Red. Admiral Sir Augustus William James Clifford, 1st Baronet, CB (26 May 1788 – 8 February 1877) was a British Royal Navy officer, court official, and usher of the Black Rod .
Admiral Sir Augustus William James Clifford, 1st Baronet Kt CB MP (26 May 1788 – 8 February 1877) was a British Royal Navy officer, court official, and usher of the Black Rod. Clifford was born in France in 1788, the illegitimate son of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (and 7th Baron...
Sir Augustus Clifford, 1st Baronet. Parents. William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire. Charlotte Boyle, 6th Baroness Clifford. Coat of arms of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, KG. William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, KG (14 December 1748 – 29 July 1811), was a British nobleman, aristocrat, and politician.
Captain Clifford assisted at the destruction of 10 large armed feluccas, on the beach near Cetraro, in the gulf of Policastro, where they were taken possession of, under a heavy fire of musketry, by a detachment landed from the Thames and Cephalus, but obliged to be burnt, in consequence of the utter impracticability of getting them afloat.
Sir Augustus William James Clifford entered the Navy, in May, 1800, as Midshipman (under the auspices of Earl Spencer, then First Lord of the Admiralty), on board the Ville de Paris 110, successive flag-ship in the Channel of Earl St. Vincent and Hon. Wm. Cornwallis. He removed, in May, 1802, to the Centaur 74, Capt. Bendall Robt.
14 de mai. de 2024 · Sir Augustus Clifford (1788–1877) was a Naval Captain appointed Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod from 1832 to 1877. Clifford's long tenure was a time of transition for Black Rod's Office, with a forced reduction in staff and the abolition of the additional fees system that supplemented their ...
Sir Augustus Clifford. [Photographs, English Portraits. Volume 70.] 1869. 8.3 x 5.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2911612. ©. Description. Sir Augustus Clifford, seated three-quarters right in a chair looking at the camera, a dog lies on the floor by his feet. People involved. Physical properties. Groupings.
