Hugh Clifford, 3rd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh

Hugh Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
Arms of Clifford: Chequy or and azure a fess gules
Born	(1700-04-14)14 April 1700 Chudleigh, Devon, England
Died	26 March 1732(1732-03-26) (aged 31) Ugbrooke, Devon, England
Resting place	Ugbrooke, Devon
Spouse	Elizabeth Blount ​ (m. 1725)​
Children	6
Parents	Hugh Clifford, 2nd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (father) Anne Preston (mother)

Hugh Clifford, 3rd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (14 April 1700- 26 March 1732) of Ugbrooke House near Chudleigh in Devon, was a peer.

Origins

He was the son of Hugh Clifford, 2nd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (d.1730) by his wife Anne Preston.

Career

He succeeded his father as baron in 1730, but survived him by only two years when he was succeeded by his eldest son.

Marriage and children

In 1725 he married Elizabeth Blount, a daughter of Edward Blount of Blagdon in the parish of Paignton in Devon, 3rd son of George Blount, 2nd Baronet, of Sodington Hall in the parish of Mamble in Worcestershire, by his wife Annabella Guise, a daughter of Sir John Guise, 2nd Baronet of Elmore, Gloucestershire. By his wife he had six children, four sons and two daughters.

Death and burial

He died on 26 March 1732 and was buried at Ugbrooke.

References

• Faulkner, Thomas (1839), The history and antiquities of the parish of Hammersmith: interspersed with biographical notices of illustrious and eminent persons ..., Nichols & Son, p.  252, footnote m
• Cokayne, G.E. (2000), The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, vol. I, et all (new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959); reprint in 6 volumes ed.), Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, p. 287

Peerage of England
Preceded by Hugh Clifford	Baron Clifford of Chudleigh 1730–1732	Succeeded by Hugh Clifford