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Sir Henry was the son of Admiral George Clinton (c.1685-1761) and grandson of Sir Franics Fiennes Clinton, 6th Earl of Lincoln. His father was Governor General of New Foundland, 1732-1741, and of New York, 1741-1751. Rather than follow his father into the navy, Sir Henry embarked on a military career. He advanced steadily through the ranks ...
Edward Clinton, Lord Clinton, son of the fourth Earl, was Member of Parliament for Callington. The Honourable George Clinton, youngest son of the sixth Earl, was a Naval Commander, politician and Colonial administrator. His son General Sir Henry Clinton was Commander-in-Chief of the British in North America from 1778 to 1782.
In 1467 John de la Pole ( c. 1464–1487), a nephew of Edward IV., was made earl of Lincoln, and the same dignity was conferred in 1525 upon Henry Brandon (1516–1545), son of Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk. Both died without sons, and the next family to hold the earldom was that of Clinton. Edward Fiennes Clinton, 9th Lord Clinton (1512 ...
Henry [Clinton], 2nd Earl of Lincoln. born. c.1540. mar. (1) aft. 10 Dec 1555 Lady Catharine Hastings (b. 11 Aug 1542), 1st dau. of Francis [Hastings], 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, by his wife Hon Catharine Pole, dau. and cohrss. of Henry [Pole], 11th Baron Montacute. children by first wife. 1. Hon Thomas Clinton, later 11th Baron Clinton later 3rd ...
Clinton’s life was overshadowed by his father’s near insanity. He seems to have married fairly early, the Earl of Huntingdon writing on 21 Sept. 1584 that, ‘if God puts liking in the hearts of the young parties, I hope the affair may be well settled while the old Lord [Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln] liveth’.
George Clinton, 8th Earl of Lincoln (1718–1730), previously styled by courtesy, Lord Fynes Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle and 9th Earl of Lincoln (1720–1794) His sons George and Henry succeeded him in turn, the latter inheriting, by special remainder, the title of 2nd Duke of Newcastle (-under-Lyme) from his uncle Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (both -on ...
Edward Fiennes de Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, KG (1512 – 16 January 1584/85) was an English nobleman and Lord High Admiral. Edward Clinton was born at Scrivelsby in Lincolnshire, the son of Thomas Clinton, 8th Baron Clinton (1490–1517), by Jane (or Joan) Poynings, one of the seven illegitimate children of Sir Edward Poynings (1459–1521) of Westenhanger, Kent. She was the sister of ...
