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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 .
- William John Cavendish Clifford
- Admiral of the Red
- 1800–1866
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.
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.
CLIFFORD, Augustus William James (1788-1877). Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986. Available from Boydell and Brewer.
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.
- George III
- In Commission, Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon, First Lord
- Vacant, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, 1764
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...
CLIFFORD, Augustus William James (1788-1877), of 86 Eaton Square, Mdx. and Devonshire Cottage, Richmond, Surr. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832, ed. D.R. Fisher, 2009. Available from Cambridge University Press.
