Wintringham baronets, of Dover Street (1774)
- Sir Clifton Wintringham, 1st Baronet (c. 1712–1794)
The Wintringham Baronetcy, of Dover Street, St George's Hanover Square, in the County of London, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 7 November 1774 for Clifton Wintringham, Physician-in-Ordinary to George III, with remainder to Gervase Clifton, son of Sir Gervase Clifton, 6th Baronet, of Clifton (see Clifton baronets). Wintringham outlived Clifton and the title became extinct on his death in 1794.
Marquess of Ely, of the County of Wexford, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for Charles Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely. He was born Charles Tottenham, the son of Sir John Tottenham, 1st Baronet, who had been created a baronet, of Tottenham Green in the County of Wexford, in the Baronetage of Ireland in 1780, by Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus, sister and heiress of Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely. In 1783 he succeeded to the Loftus estates on the death of his maternal uncle the Earl of Ely and assumed the same year by Royal licence the surname of Loftus in lieu of his patronymic. In 1785 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Loftus, of Loftus Hall in the County of Wexford. It was sold by the family in 1917 and is today owned by the Quigley family.
Baron Clifton, of Leighton Bromswold in the County of Huntingdon, is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1608 for Sir Gervase Clifton, who made Prebendal house which was built by John Thorpe and later owned by the Clifton baronets branch of the family. The peerage was created by writ, which means that it can descend through both male and female lines. Lord Clifton died without surviving male issue and was succeeded by his daughter Katherine, the second Baroness. She married Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox. They were both succeeded by their eldest son James, the fourth Duke and third Baron. When he died the titles passed to his son, the fifth Duke and fourth Baron. On his death in 1660 at the age of 11 the barony separated from the dukedom. The barony was inherited by the late Duke's sister Mary, the fifth Baroness. She married Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran, but died aged only 18. She was succeeded by her first cousin the sixth Duke of Lennox, who became the sixth Baron Clifton as well. He was the son of Lord George Stuart, fourth son of the third Duke and the second Baroness Clifton. On his death the barony and dukedom again separated.
General Sir Arthur Benjamin CliftonKSA KSW was a British soldier who fought in the Peninsular War and commanded the Second Union Cavalry Brigade at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815.
This is a list of the High Sheriffs of the English county of Nottinghamshire.
Gervase Clifton, 1st Baron Clifton was an English nobleman.
The Blois Baronetcy, of Grundisburgh and Cockfield Hall in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 15 April 1686 for Charles Blois. He represented Ipswich and Dunwich in the House of Commons. The seventh Baronet was a Major in the 1st Dragoons and fought at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
The Manor of Clifton was a historic manor situated near the City of Nottingham, England. The manor house, known as Clifton Hall is situated on the right bank of the River Trent in the village of Clifton, Nottinghamshire,. about 3+1⁄2 miles south-west of the historic centre of the City of Nottingham, now partly the campus of Nottingham Trent University and partly a large council estate of modern housing.
Two unrelated baronetcies have been created in the surname of Clifton.
Sir Gervase Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire and London was a 15th-century English knight and landowner. He was beheaded after the Battle of Tewkesbury.
Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet, K.B. was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1666. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge.
Clifton Wintringham was the name of two doctors who lived in York:
Gervase Clifton may refer to:
Clifton is a surname.
Sir Clifford Clifton was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1659.
Sir Gervase Clifton (1612–1675) was 2nd Baronet Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire.
Sir William Clifton was 3rd Baronet Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire, and Deputy Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire from 1683 to 1686. In 1685 he founded a regiment which later became the 15th Regiment of Foot and subsequently the East Yorkshire Regiment.
Sir Robert Clifton, 5th Baronet (1690–1762) KB of Clifton Hall, Nottingham was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1741.
Sir Juckes Granville Juckes-Clifton, 8th Baronet (1769—1852) was 8th Baronet Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire. and High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1820.
Clifton Wintringham senior was an English medical practitioner, appointed Physician at York County Hospital in March 1746.
Sir Clifton Wintringham, 1st Baronet was an English military physician.