Thomas Henry Clifton JP (3 March 1845 – 31 March 1880)[1] was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Thomas Henry Clifton
Member of Parliament
for North Lancashire
In office
26 March 1874 – 31 March 1880
Serving with Frederick Stanley
Preceded byJohn Wilson-Patten
Frederick Stanley
Succeeded byJoseph Feilden
Frederick Stanley
Personal details
Born(1846-03-03)3 March 1846
Died31 March 1880(1880-03-31) (aged 35)
Resting placeSt Cuthbert's Church, Lytham, Lancashire
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Madeline Diana Elizabeth Agnew
(m. 1867)
RelationsTom Cecil Noel (grandson)
Harry Clifton (grandson)
Graham Kinnaird, 13th Lord Kinnaird (grandson)
Children7, including John
Parent(s)John Talbot Clifton
Eleanor Cecily Lowther
Residence(s)Lytham Hall, Lancashire

Early life

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The Clifton family seat, Lytham Hall

Clifton was born on 3 March 1845 into a prestigious Lancashire family.[2] He was the only son of John Talbot Clifton and the Lady Eleanor Cecily Lowther.[3] His father, who succeeded Thomas' grandfather to the Lytham Hall and estate in 1851, was a Member of Parliament for North Lancashire between 1844 and 1847 and died in Algeria in 1882, two years after his death.

His maternal grandparents were the former Lady Lucy Eleanor Sherard (a daughter of Philip Sherard, 5th Earl of Harborough) and Col. Hon. Henry Cecil Lowther of Barleythorpe Hall, MP for Westmorland (the second son of William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale).[4] His paternal grandparents were Hatty (née Treves) Clifton and Thomas Joseph Clifton.[5]

Career

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Clifton followed his father into politics in 1874 when he was elected Conservative MP for North Lancashire at a by-election but died shortly before the next general election in 1880.[6]

During his life, Clifton was also a Justice of the Peace for Lancashire, a Lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards, and a Lieutenant of the Lancashire Yeomanry Cavalry.[3]

Personal life

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On 7 February 1867, he married Madeline Agnew at St George's, Hanover Square in London. Madeline was one of thirteen children born to the former Lady Mary Arabella Louisa Noel (a daughter of Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough) and Sir Andrew Agnew, 8th Baronet, MP for Wigtownshire. Together they had seven children, including:[7]

Clifton died on 31 March 1880. He was buried at St Cuthbert's Church, Lytham.

References

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  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
  2. ^ Pine, L. G.. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 17th edition. London, England: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1952. p. 470.
  3. ^ a b "Thomas Henry Clifton". The Peerage. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Lonsdale, Earl of (UK, 1807)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Lytham & St.Annes on the Sea Lancashire - Local History - Thomas Joseph Clifton 1788-1851". amounderness.co.uk. Amounderness. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  6. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Townend, Peter. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 18th edition. 3 volumes. London, England: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1965-1972. p. 190.
  8. ^ "Gainsborough, Earl of (UK, 1841)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for North Lancashire
18741880
With: Frederick Stanley
Succeeded by