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Clinton, Baron (E, 1298/9)

Creation: writ sum. 6 Feb 1298/9

Family name: Clinton later Fortescue later Rolle later Walpole later Trefusis later Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis later Fane later Fane Trefusis

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Arms:

Argent semée of Cross Crosslets fitchée Sable on a Chief Azure two Mullets Or pierced Gules (Clinton) charged with an Inescutcheon quarterly: 1st, Argent on a Fess Azure three Dexter Gauntlets appaumée Or (Fane); 2nd, Argent a Chevron between three Spindles Sable  (Trefussis); 3rd, Azure three Boars' Heads couped Argent muzzled Gules, a Cross Crosslet Argent for distinction (Forbes of Pitsligo); 4th, Or a Bend Gules surmounted by a Fess checky Azure and Argent in chief a Crescent Azure, a Canton Ermine for difference (Stuart)

Crest:

A Bull's Head erased Sable armed and about the neck an Ancient Crown attached thereto a Line Or in the mouth a Rose Gules barbed seeded slipped and leafed proper

Supporters:

On either side a Greyhound Argent collared with line reflexed over the back Gules in the mouth a Gauntlet as in the arms

Motto:

Tout Vient De Dieu (Everything comes from God)

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John [de Clinton], 1st Baron Clinton

2nd but 1st son and hr. of Thomas de Clinton, of Amington and Maxstoke, co. Warwick, by his wife Maud Bracebridge, dau. of Sir Ralph Bracebridge, of Kinsbury, co. Warwick

born

c. 1258

mar.

c. 1290 Ida Odingsells (b. c. 1270; d. after 1 Mar 1321/2), sister and cohrss. of Edmund Odingsells, and 1st dau. of William Odingsells, of Maxstoke, co. Warwick, by his wife Ela FitzRobert, dau. of Walter FitzRobert, of Maxstoke, Woodham Walter, etc.

children

1. John de Clinton, later 2nd Baron Clinton

2. Sir William de Clinton, later 1st Earl of Huntingdon

1. Joan de Clinton (dsp.), mar. as his third wife Sir Hamon de Massey, of Dunham Massey

died

c. 1310

created

by writ of summons 6 Feb 1298/9 Baron Clinton

suc. by

son

note

served in the Scottish and French wars ; Knight of the Shire for Warwickshire 1300-01; Constable of Wallingford Castle 1308

John [de Clinton], 2nd Baron Clinton

born

c.1300

mar.

bef. 24 Feb 1328/9 Margery Corbet (d. after May 1343), dau. of Sir William Corbet, of Chaddesley Corbet, co. Worcester

only child

1. John de Clinton, later 3rd Baron Clinton

died

c. 1335

suc. by

son

note

fought on the side of King Edward II at the Battle of Boroughbridge 1321/2; knighted before 1324

John [de Clinton], 3rd Baron Clinton

born

Mar 135/26

mar. (1)

c. 1350 Idonea de Say, 1st dau. and in her issue cohrss. of Geoffrey [de Say], 2nd Baron Say, by his wife Lady Maud de Beauchamp, 1st dau. by his second wife of Guy [de Beauchamp], 10th Earl of Warwick

children by first wife

1. Sir William de Clinton (dvp. 25 Oct 1383), mar. Elizabeth Deincourt, only dau. of John [Deincourt], 3rd Baron Deincourt, by his wife Alice de Nevill, 1st dau. of John [de Nevill], 3rd Baron Nevill, by his first wife Maud de Percy, 1st dau. of Henry [de Percy], 2nd Baron Percy, and had issue:

1a. William de Clinton, later 4th Baron Clinton

2. Sir Thomas de Clinton, of Amington, co. Warwick, mar. Joan Meinell, and had issue

3. Edward de Clinton

1. Margaret de Clinton, mar. Baldwin de Montfort

2. Catharine de Clinton, mar. c. 1379 Thomas Berkeley

mar. (2)

..... ..... (d. bef. 26 Jun 1384)

mar. (3)

Joan Limbury (widow of Sir Philip Limbury; d. 21 Feb 1387/8)

only child by third wife

3. Joan de Clinton, mar. John de Sutton (b. 1329; d. c. 1370)

mar. (4)

bef. 24 Oct 1388 Elizabeth de Grey (widow of (1) Sir John de Bermingham, and (2) Robert [de Grey], 5th Baron Grey de Rotherfield;  mar. (4) Sir John Russell;  dsp. 1423; bur. at Haversham, co. Buckingham), dau. and event. sole hrss. of William de la Plaunché, of Haversham, co. Buckingham, by his wife Elizabeth Hilary, sister and cohrss. of Sir Roger Hillary, and 2nd dau. of Sir Roger Hillary, of Bescot, co. Suffolk, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

died

6 Sep 1398

suc. by

grandson

note

heir of his paternal uncle William [de Clinton], 1st Earl of Huntingdon 1354; at the Battle of Poitiers 1356; Constable of Warwick Castle 1390-97

William [de Clinton], 4th Baron Clinton

born

c. 1378

mar. (1)

Anne Trivett, dau. of Sir Thomas Trivett by his wife Elizabeth Limbury, dau. of Sir Philip Limbury

mar. (2)

betw. 13 Aug and Nov 1409 Alice/Ann FitzWarine (widow of Fulke [FitzWarine], 6th Baron Fitzwarine; d. 17 Oct 1420), only dau. of William [Botreaux], 2nd Baron Botreaux, by his wife Elizabeth de St Loe, dau. and hrss. of Sir John de St Loe

only son by second wife

1. John de Clinton, later 5th Baron Clinton

mar. (3)

Mary Retford (widow of Sir Henry Retford, of Carlton Paynel, and of Castlethorpe, co. Lincoln; mar. (3) Sir John Heron; d. 2 Feb 1458/9)

died

30 Jul 1431

suc. by

son by second wife

note

in 1399 he inherited some of the lands of the Say family in right of his grandmother and assumed the style of Lord Say

John [de Clinton], 5th Baron Clinton

born

c.1410

mar. (1)

Joan Ferrers, only dau. of Edmund [Ferrers], 6th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, by his wife Ellen Roche, Lady of Castle Bromwich, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Thomas Roche, of Castle Bromwich, co. Warwick

only child by first wife

1. John Clinton, later 6th Baron Clinton

mar. (2)

Margaret St Leger (mar. (2) Walter Hungerford, and (3) Sir John Heveningham; d. 1 Feb 1495/6), dau. of John St Leger, of Ulcombe, co. Kent, by his wife Margaret Donet, dau. and hrss. of James Donet, of Sileham in Rainham, co. Kent

died

24 Sep 1464

suc. by

son by first wife

note

he served in the French wars, and was captured in 1441 and imprisoned for 6 years before being ransomed; a Yorkist, he was attainted 1459 but restored by King Edward IV 1461

John [Clinton], 6th Baron Clinton

born

c. 1434

mar. (1)

Elizabeth Fiennes, only dau. of Sir Richard Fiennes, of Hurstmonceaux, co. Sussex, jure uxoris 7th Baron Dacre, by his wife Joan Dacre, suo jure Baroness Dacre, 1st dau. of Sir Thomas Dacre (by his wife Elizabeth Bowet, dau. and hrss. of Sir Thomas Bowet, of Horsford, Burgh St Margaret's and Great Hautbois, co. Norfolk), 1st son and heir ap. of Thomas [de Dacre], 6th Baron Dacre

only child by first wife

1. John Clinton, later 7th Baron Clinton

mar. (2)

Anne Stafford (mar. (2) shortly after 4 Aug 1488 Richard Willoughby, of Wollaton, co. Nottingham, and (3) Thomas Willicote; d. after c. 1508), only dau. of Sir Humphrey Stafford, of Grafton, by his wife Elizabeth Burdett, dau. of John Burdett

only child by second wife

2. John Clinton (2nd)

died

29 Feb 1487/8 (bur. in the Grey Friars Church, London(

suc. by

son by first wife

John [Clinton], 7th Baron Clinton

born

c. 1470

mar. (1)

Elizabeth Morgan, only dau. of Sir John Morgan, of Tredegar, co. Monmouth, by his wife Jonnet Matthew, dau. of John Matthew, of Llandaff

only son by first wife

1. Thomas Clinton, later 8th Baron Clinton

mar. (2)

bef. 1501 Anne ..... (d. after 7 Nov 1535)

died

4 Jun 1514

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Knight of the Bath 1501

Thomas [Clinton], 8th Baron Clinton

born

c.1491

mar.

after 4 May 1510 Mary Poynings (mar. (2) after 4 Jul 1519 Sir Robert Wingfield ; d. after 7 Nov 1535), illegit. dau. of Sir Edward Poynings KG, Lord Deputy of Ireland

only son

1. Hon Edward Clinton, later 9th Baron Clinton later 1st Earl of Lincoln

died

7 Aug 1517 (bur. at Richmond, co. Surrey)

suc. by

son

note

knighted 1513

Edward [Clinton], 9th Baron Clinton later 1st Earl of Lincoln, KG

created

4 May 1572 Earl of Lincoln

The Barony of Clinton was held by the Earls of Lincoln from 4 May 1572 until 25 Nov 1692 when, on the death of Edward [Clinton], 5th Earl of Lincoln and 13th Baron Clinton, the barony fell into abeyance between the issue of his three aunts:  Lady Catherine Booth, Lady Delamere;  Lady Arabella Rolle;  and Lady Margaret Boscawen.  On 16 Mar 1721 the barony was called out of abeyance after 129 years in favour of

Hugh [Fortescue], 14th Baron Clinton later 1st Earl Clinton

1st son of Hugh Fortescue, of Filleigh, co. Devon, by his first wife Bridget Boscawen, only child and hrss. of Hugh Boscawen, of Tregothnan, co. Cornwall, by his wife Lady Margaret Clinton, 3rd dau. of Theophilus [Clinton], 4th Earl of Lincoln and 12th Baron Clinton

born

died

2 May 1751

created

5 Jul 1749 Baron Fortescue, of Castlehill in the County of Devon (with limitation to his half-brother, Matthew Fortescue), and Earl Clinton

On his death the Barony of Fortescue passed to his half-brother, Matthew Fortescue, the Earldom of Clinton became extinct, and the Barony of Clinton fell into abeyance between his sister, Margaret Fortescue, and his cousin Margaret Rolle later Walpole, Countess of Orford.  On the death of his sister on 14 Mar 1760 the barony was called out of abeyance in favour of

Margaret Rolle later Walpole later Shirley, suo jure Baroness Clinton

only dau. of Samuel Rolle, of Hainton Satchville, co. Devon (by his wife Margaret Tuckfield, dau. of Roger Tuckfield, of Haddon Court, co. Devon), 1st son of Robert Rolle, of Hainton Satchville, co. Devon, by his wife Lady Arabella Clinton, 2nd dau. of Theophilus [Clinton], 4th Earl of Lincoln and 12th Baron Clinton

born

mar. (1)

26 Mar 1724 Robert [Walpole], 2nd Earl of Orford

children by first husband

1. Hon George Walpole, later 3rd Earl of Orford later 16th Baron Clinton

1. Lady Catherine Walpole, mar. Henry Lawes Long, of Hampton Lodge, co. Surrey, and had issue

mar. (2)

25 May 1751 Hon Sewallis Shirley (dsp. 25 Oct 1765), 2nd son of Robert [Shirley], 1st Earl Ferrers, by his second wife Selina Finch, dau. of George Finch, of the City of London

died

13 Jan 1781

suc. by

son by first husband

George [Walpole], 3rd Earl of Orford and 16th Baron Clinton

born

1 Apr 1730

died

5 Dec 1791

suc. by

third cousin

note

on his death the Earldom of Orford devolved on his uncle, Hon Horace Walpole

Robert George William [Trefusis], 17th Baron Clinton

1st son of Robert Cotton Trefusis, of Trefusis, co/ Cornwall (by his first wife Hon Anne St John, 5th dau. of John [St John], 10th Baron St John of Bletso), 1st son of Robert Trefusis, of Trefusis, co. Cornwall, 1st son of Samuel Trefusis, of Trefusis, co. Cornwall (by his wife Elizabeth Affleck), 1st son of Francis Trefusis, of Trefusis, co. Cornwall, by his wife Bridget Rolle, 2nd dau. of Robert Rolle, of Hainton Satchville, co. Devon, by his wife Lady Arabella Clinton, 2nd dau. of Theophilus [Clinton], 4th Earl of Lincoln and 12th Baron Clinton

born

5 Oct 1764

mar.

28 Apr 1786 Albertina Marianna Gaulis (d. 7 Feb 1798), dau. of John Abraham Rodolph Gaulis, of Lausanne, Switzerland

children

1. Hon Robert Cotton St John Trefusis, later 18th Baron Clinton

2. Hon Charles Rodolph Trefusis, later 19th Baron Clinton

3. Capt Hon George Rolle Walpole Trefusis RN (b. 8 Apr 1793; d. May 1849), mar. 8 Jan 1839 Margaret Frances James (d. 6 Mar 1845), 2nd dau. of John James, of Houghton Lodge, co. Hampshire, and had issue

1. Hon Anne Matilda Trefusis (d. 24 Feb 1876), mar. 1827 Rev Hon Edward George Moore, Canon of Windsor, Rector of West Ilsley, co. Berkshire (b. 18 Aug 1798; d. 8 Feb 1876), 3rd son of Stephen [Moore], 2nd Earl Mountcashell, by his wife Lady Margaret Jane King, 1st dau. of Robert [King], 2nd Earl of Kingston, and had issue

2. Hon Louisa Barbara Trefusis (b. 29 Nov 1796; dsp. 20 Nov 1885; bur. at Bicton, co. Devon), mar. 24 Sep 1822 as his second wife John [Rolle], 1st Baron Rolle

died

28 Aug 1797 (bur. at Trefusis, co. Cornwall)

suc. by

son

Robert Cotton St John [Trefusis], 18th Baron Clinton

born

28 Apr 1787

mar.

4 Aug 1814 Frances Selina Poyntz, a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Adelaide (mar. (2) Jul 1835 as his second wife Col Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour KCH;  dsp. 29 Aug 1875), 1st dau. and cohrss. of William Stephen Poyntz, of Cowdray Park, co. Sussex, by his wife Hon Elizabeth Mary Browne, only dau. of Anthony [Browne], 7th Viscount Montagu

died

s.p. Oct 1832 (bur. at Trefusis, co. Cornwall)

suc. by

brother

note

entered the Army 1803; Capt, 16th Light Dragoons; ADC to the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War; Col 1825; a Lord of the Bedchamber 1827-32

Charles Rodolph [Trefusis], 19th Baron Clinton

born

9 Nov 1791

mar.

25 Oct 1831 Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Kerr (b. 25 Sep 1807; d. 19 Mar 1871), 1st dau. of William [Kerr], 6th Marquess of Lothian, by his second wife Lady Harriet Scott, 4th dau. of Henry [Scott], 3rd Duke of Buccleuch

children

1. Hon Charles Henry Rolle Trefusis later Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, later 20th Baron Clinton

2. Hon Mark George Kerr Trefusis later Rolle DL, of Stevenstone, co. Devon, High Steward of Barnstaple, High Sheriff of Devon 1864 (b. 13 Nov 1835; d. 27 Apr 1907), mar. 6 Oct 1860 Lady Gertrude Jane Douglas (d. 21 Mar 1824), 5th dau. of George Sholto [Douglas], 17th Earl of Morton, by his wife Frances Theodora Rose, sister of Hugh Henry [Rose], 1st Baron Strathnairn, and 1st dau. of Rt Hon Sir George Henry Rose GCH, Clerk of the Parliaments, and had issue

3. Col Hon Walter Rodolph Trefusis CB (b. 5 Jan 1838; d. 3 Dec 1885), mar. 24 Jul 1877 his cousin Lady Mary Charlotte Montagu-Douglas-Scott (b. 6 Aug 1851; d. 13 Dec 1908), 3rd dau. of Walter Francis [Montagu-Scott later Montagu-Douglas-Scott], 5th Duke of Buccleuch, by his wife Lady Charlotte Anne Thynne, 3rd dau. of Thomas [Thynne], 2nd Marquess of Bath, and had issue

4. Col Hon John Schomberg Trefusis CMG JP DL (b. 24 Jun 1852; d. 29 Dec 1932), mar. 19 Jul 1883 Eva Louisa Bontein (d. 20 Apr 1949), only dau. of James Bontein, Gentleman Usher to Queen Victoria, by his wife Katherine Cecilia Shelley, 1st dau. of Adolphus Edward Shelley (by his wife Amelie Hinchcliffe, only dau. of Henry John Hinchcliffe), 3rd son of Sir John Shelley, 6th Bt., and had issue

1. Hon Emily Harriet Trefusis

2. Hon Mary Louisa Trefusis

3. Hon Adela Elizabeth Trefusis

4. Hon Evelyn Anne Trefusis (d. 28 Feb 1911), mar. 27 Sep 1881 as his second wife Hon Edward William Douglas (b. 19 Oct 1825; d. 7 May 1918), 4th son of George Sholto [Douglas], 17th Earl of Morton, by his wife Frances Theodora Rose, sister of Hugh Henry [Rose], 1st Baron Strathnairn, and 1st dau. of Rt Hon Sir George Henry Rose GCH, Clerk of the Parliaments, and had issue

5. Hon Helen Georgina Trefusis (d. 7 Mar 1923)

6. Hon Gertrude Albertina Trefusis (d. 11 Apr 1878), mar. 17 Oct 1876 Lt Col Hon George Herbert Windsor later Windsor-Clive DL, Member of Parliament (Conservative) for Ludlow 1860-85 (b. 12 Mar 1835; d. 26 Apr 1918), 2nd son of Lady Harriet Windsor, suo jure Baroness Windsor, by her husband Hon Robert Henry Clive, of Oakley Park, co. Shropshire, Member of Parliament (Conservative) for Ludlow 1818-32 and for South Shropshire 1832-54, Under Secretary of State for the Home Office 1818-22, 2nd son of Edward [Clive], 1st Earl of Powis, and had issue

7. Hon Alice Morwenna Trefusis (d. 16 Nov 1930)

died

10 Apr 1866

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament (Tory) for Callington 1813-18; a Commissioner of Excise 1819-33

Charles Henry Rolle [Trefusis later Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis], 20th Baron Clinton

born

2 Mar 1834

mar. (1)

29 Jul 1858 his first cousin Harriet Williamina Hepburn-Forbes (b. 17 May 1835; d. 4 Jul 1869), only dau. and hrss. of Sir John Stuart Hepburn-Forbes, 8th Bt., by his wife Lady Harriett Louisa Anna Kerr, 2nd dau. by his second wife of William [Kerr], 6th Marquess of Lothian

children by first wife

1. Hon Charles John Robert Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, later 21st Baron Clinton

2. Lt Col Hon Henry Walter Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis JP DL, High Sheriff of Cornwall 1923, Deputy Warden of the Stannaries (b. 8 Dec 1864; d. 2 Jun 1948), mar. 6 May 1905 Lady Mary Lygon, a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary (b. 26 Feb 1869; d. 12 Sep 1927), 1st dau. of Frederick [Lygon], 6th Earl Beauchamp, by his first wife Lady Mary Catherine Stanhope, only dau. of Philip Henry [Stanhope], 5th Earl Stanhope, and had issue

1. Hon Ada Harriet Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (d. 14 Oct 1945)

2. Hon Mary Elizabeth Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (b. c. 1862; d. 7 Jun 1954)

3. Hon Margaret Adela Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (d. 20 Mar 1939), mar. 18 Jan 1897 Rt Rev Leonard Jauncey White-Thomson DD, Bishop of Ely (d. 31 Dec 1933), and had issue

mar. (2)

30 Mar 1875 Margaret Walrond (b. 16 Nov 1850; d. 19 Jan 1930), 2nd dau. of Sir John Walrond Walrond, 1st Bt., by his wife Hon Frances Caroline Hood, 5th dau. of Samuel [Hood], 2nd Baron Bridport

children by second wife

3. Brig Gen Hon John Frederick Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis DSO (b. 14 Jan 1878; d. 24 Oct 1915 of wounds received in action)

4. Capt Hon Walter Alexander Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (b. 1 Jul 1879; dsp. 11 Jul 1926), mar. 27 Jun 1911 (div. 1919) Marjorie Winifred Graham (d. Jun 1937), 2nd dau. of Sir Henry John Lowndes Graham KCB

5. Hon Schomberg Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (b. 22 Mar 1882; dsp. 11 Oct 1974), mar. 11 Sep 1916 his first cousin Beatrice Morwenna Trefussis (d. 18 Nov 1962), 1st dau. of Col Hon John Schomberg Trefusis CMG (by his wife Eva Louisa Bontein, only dau. of James Bontein, Gentleman Usher to Queen Victoria), 4th son of Charles Rodolph [Trefusis], 19th Baron Clinton

6. Hon Robert Henry Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, of 13B Gledhow Gardens, London SW5 (b. 1 Jul 1888; d. 1 Jul 1958), mar. 5 Aug 1914 Lady Dorothy Marguerite Elizabeth Herbert OBE (d. 25 Dec 1956), sister of Edward Robert Henry [Herbert], 5th Earl of Powis, and 1st dau. of Col Edward William Herbert, of Orleton, co. Shropshire (by his wife Beatrice Anne Williamson, 1st dau. of Capt Sir Hedworth Williamson, 8th Bt. MP, by his wife and cousin Lady Elizabeth Jane Liddell, 3rd dau. of Henry Thomas [Liddell], 1st Earl of Ravensworth), 1st son and heir of Hon Robert Charles Herbert DL, barrister, Chancellor of the Diocese of Lichfield 1875-99, High Sheriff of Shropshire 1878 (by his wife Anna Maria Cludde, only child and hrss. of Edward Cludde, of Orleton, co. Shropshire), 4th son of Edward [Clive later Herbert], 2nd Earl of Powis, and had issue

4. Hon Edith Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (b. 12 Feb 1876; d. 13 Apr 1934)

5. Hon Evelyn Mary Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (b. 3 Jul 1883; d. 5 Jan 1963), mar. 22 Feb 1911 Col Henry Stuart Ravenhill CMG (d. 17 Apr 1930), son of Maj Gen Frederick George Ravenhill, and had issue

6. Hon Harriet Margaret Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (b. 20 Mar 1891; d. 2 Feb 1975), mar. 4 Aug 1914 Lt Col Eustace Widdrington Morrison-Bell (b. 10 Feb 1874; d. 13 Dec 1947), 4th son of Sir Charles William Bell later Morrison-Bell, 1st Bt. JP DL, of Otterburn Hall, co. Northumberland, by his wife Louisa Maria Dawes, 2nd dau. of William Henry Dawes JP, of The Hall, Kenilworth, co. Warwick, and had issue

died

29 Mar 1904 (bur. at Heanton Satchville, co. Devon)

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Member of Parliament (Conservative) for North Devon 1857-66; Under Secretary of State for India 1867-68; took the additional name of Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes before that of Trefusis by Royal Warrant 1867; Charity Commissioner 1874-80; Lord Lieutenant of Devon 1887-1904

Charles John Robert [Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis], 21st Baron Clinton, GCVO PC JP DL

born

18 Mar 1863

mar.

1 Jun 1886 his third cousin Lady Jane Grey McDonnell (b. 15 Jun 1863; d. 27 Aug 1953), 4th dau. of Mark [Kerr later McDonnell], 5th Earl of Antrim, by his wife Jane Emma Hannah Macan, 2nd dau. of Maj Turner Macan, of Cariff, co. Armagh

children

1. Hon Harriet Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (b. 14 Nov 1887; d. 15 Mar 1958), mar. 28 Apr 1910 (div. 1935) Maj Henry Nevile Fane (d. 2 Aug 1947), only son of Sir Edmund Douglas Veitch Fane KCMG, of Boyton Manor, co. Wiltshire, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Copenhagen, by his wife Constantia Eleanor Wood, dau. of Maj Gen Robert Blucher Wood CB (by his wife Lady Constantia Lowther, sister of Henry [Lowther], 3rd Earl of Lonsdale), 5th son of Col Thomas Wood ADC MP, of Littleton, co. Middlesex, and Gwernyfed, co. Brecon, by his wife Lady Caroline Stewart, 2nd dau. by his second wife of Robert [Stewart], 1st Marquess of Londonderry, and had issue:

1a. Capt Charles Nevile Fane (b. 7 Feb 1911; killed in action in Belgium 21 May 1940), mar. 20 Dec 1933 his second cousin once removed Gladys Mabel Lowther (b. 22 Oct 1908; mar. (2) 14 Feb 1942 Lt Col James Hayton Greenhill Black of Ardmay (d. 23 Dec 1966), only son of Robert Greenhill Black of Ardmay), 2nd dau. of Rt Hon Sir Gerald Augustus Lowther, 1st Bt. GCMG CB, Ambassador to Constantinople 1908-13 (by his wife Alice Blight, dau. of Atherton Blight, of Philadelphia, USA), 2nd son of Hon William Lowther JP DL MP, of Capsea Ashe, Wickham Market, co. Suffolk (by his wife Hon Charlotte Alice Parke, 3rd dau. and cohrss. of James [Parke], 1st Baron Wensleydale of Walton), brother of Henry [Lowther], 3rd Earl of Lonsdale, and had issue:

1b. Gerard Nevile Mark Fane later Fane Trefusis, later 22nd Baron Clinton

1b. Carol Fane (b. 12 Aug 1937), mar. 1 Jul 1959 Hugo Peter Charles Bevan, of The Cottage, Little Everdon, Daventry, co. Northampton, 1st son of Morier Geoffrey Bosanquet Bevan, of Warmington, co. Cambridge, and has issue

2b. Fiona Fane (b. 9 Mar 1939), mar. 22 Feb 1963 Sylvanus John Connolly, 1st son of Lt Cdr Patrick Joseph Connolly RN, of Durban, South Africa, and has issue

2a. Edmund John Fane (b. 16 Apr 1914; dvp. 13 Mar 1915)

3a. Capt John Henry Mark Fane MBE (b. 28 Jul 1917; d. 31 Jul 1995), mar. (1) 23 Jun 1939 (div. 1954) Catherine Adelaide Anne Dyer, only dau. of Gabriel Noel Dyer, (2) 1954 (div. 1964) (Eleanor) Sybil Ruth Archdeacon, 1st dau. of Albert Henry Archdeacon, of 22 Station Road, Hastings, co. Sussex, and (3) 1964 Elizabeth Cowell, only dau. of Kenneth W Cowell, of Les Butes, Alderney, Channel Islands, and had issue by his second wife

1a. Idonea Elizabeth Fane (b. 27 Feb 1912; d. 7 Jun 2001)

2a. Rosemary Jean Fane (b. 16 Apr 1914)

3a. (Anne) Charmian Fane (b. 13 Mar 1916; d. 15 Feb 1990), mar. (1) 1 Jun 1937 (div. 1949) Robert Rivers-Bulkeley CMG MVO, and (2) Peter Richard Hampton MC, only son of Robert W Hampton, of Moffat Cottage, Ashtead, co. Surrey, and had issue by her first husband

4a. Etheldreda Flavia Fane (b. 30 Dec 1922; d. 8 Mar 1996)

2. Hon Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (b. 19 Aug 1889; d. 19 Jul 1966), mar. 29 Sep 1914 Hon John Herbert Bowes-Lyon (b. 1 Apr 1886; d. 7 Feb 1930), 2nd son of Claude George [Bowes-Lyon], 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, by his wife  Nina Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck, 1st surv. dau. and cohrss. of Rev Charles William Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck (by his second wife Caroline Louisa Burnaby, 1st dau. of Edwyn Burnaby, of Baggrave Hall, co. Leicester), 1st son of Lt Col Lord William Charles Augustus Cavendish-Bentinck (by his second wife Anne Wellesley, illegit. dau. of Richard [Wellesley], 1st Marquess Wellesley), 3rd son of William Henry Cavendish [Bentinck later Cavendish-Bentinck], 3rd Duke of Portland, and had issue

died

s.p.m. 5 Jul 1957

note

Convener, Kincardineshire 1898-1904; High Steward of Barnstaple 1908; Member, Duchy of Cornwall Council 1911-33; Keeper of the Privy Seal to the Prince of Wales 1913-33 ; served in World War I 1914-18 as Lt Col, Royal North Devon Yeomanry Cavalry; Joint Parliamentary Secretary, Board of Agriculture and Fisheries 1918-19; Forestry Commissioner 1919-29; Lord Warden of the Stannaries 1921-23; Privy Councillor 1926; GCVO 1933

On his death the Barony of Clinton fell into abeyance between his two daughters, Hon Harriett Fane and Hon Fenella Bowes-Lyon.  On 18 Mar 1965 the barony was called out of abeyance in favour of the senior co-heir,

Gerard Nevile Mark [Fane later Fane Trefusis], 22nd Baron Clinton, JP DL

born

7 Oct 1934

mar.

18 Jul 1959 Nicola Harriette Coote, High Sheriff of Devon 1998-99, 1st dau. of Maj Charles Robert Purdon Coote, of Ballyclough Castle and Bearforest, co. Cork, by his wife Noel Margaret Jephson Stracey, 1st dau. of Lt Col Ernest Henry Denne Stracey, of Ticehurst, co. Sussex

children

1. Hon Charles Patrick Rolle Fane Trefusis DL, Deputy Lieutenant for Devon 2009 (b. 21 Mar 1962), mar. 6 Jun 1992 Rosanna E Izat (b. 1963), 2nd dau. of (Alexander) John Rennie Izat, of High Cocklaw, Berwick-upon-Tweed, co. Northumberland, by his wife Frederika A McNiel, dau. of Colin C McNiel, and has issue:

1a. Edward Charles Rolle Fane Trefusis (b. 26 Feb 1994)

2a. James Henry Rolle Fane Trefusis (b. 16 Jul 1996)

3a. William John Rolle Fane Trefusis (b. 21 Apr 2001)

1. Hon Caroline Harriet Fane Trefusis (b. 23 May 1960), mar. 4 Jun 1995 Charles Fowle, and has issue

2. Hon Henrietta Jane Fane Trefusis (b. 31 Jan 1964)

note

Justice of the Peace 1963; Member, Prince of Wales's Council 1968-79; SBStJ 1972; Deputy Lieutenant of Devon 1977

 Last updated 12 Apr 2012

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Title:

22nd Baron Clinton

(England, writ sum. 6 Feb 1298/9)

Address:

Heanton Satchville, Okehampton, North Devon EX20 3QE

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