Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet

In 1603, at the English coronation of King James I, Clifton was made a Knight of the Order of the Bath. He became a Justice of the Peace for Nottinghamshire in 1609, remaining until 1646. In 1611, he was third on the list of creations for the new order of baronet. He was County Treasurer from 1625 to 1626, and Deputy Lieutenant from 1626 to 1642. He was a Commissioner for the King at Newark and Oxford, and a Commissioner of Array for Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire in 1642. When King Charles called for members of the Long Parliament loyal to him to meet in session Oxford Clifton did so He held all these positions until his death, aged 78, in 1666. ==Family==

Clifton was born to his mother Lady Winifred Thorold three months after the death of his father Sir George Clifton, in 1587. The next year, with the death of his grandfather, Sir Gervase Clifton, he inherited the Clifton estates in Nottinghamshire. His guardians were his uncle, William Thorold, and Lord Burghley, Later he was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, and at the Inner Temple. He married Isobel Meek (died 1637). He married Anne South (died 1639), daughter of Sir Francis South of Kelstern, Lincolnshire. He married Jane Eyre (died 1655), daughter of Anthony Eyre of Laughton-en-le-Morthen, Nottinghamshire, and Rampton, Nottinghamshire. This marriage produced four children: • Jane Clifton • Charles Clifton • Mary Clifton • Robert Clifton (b. 1641) – eldest son became Sir Gervase Clifton, 4th Baronet Lastly, he married Lady Alice Hastings, daughter of Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon, and Lady Elizabeth Stanley, on 17 December 1656 at St Andrew Undershaft, London. ==Notes==