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Lady Margaret Clifford 1540 – 1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Brougham Castle, Brougham, Westmoreland, England

Death Date: 28 September 1596

Death Location: Cleveland House, Cleveland Row, St. James, London, Middlesex

Father: Sir Clifford

Mother: Lady Brandon

Spouse(s): Lord Derby

Children(s): Francis Stanley

The story of Lady Margaret Clifford Cumberland began in 1540 in Brougham Castle, Brougham, Westmoreland, England. Lady Margaret Clifford Cumberland married Lord Henry Stanley I, 4th Earl of Derby, and had children including Francis Stanley. Lady Margaret Clifford Cumberland passed away in 1596 in Cleveland House, Cleveland Row, St. James, London, Middlesex.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Margaret Clifford Cumberland began in 1540 in Brougham Castle, Brougham, Westmoreland, England.
  • Lady Margaret Clifford Cumberland married Lord Henry Stanley I, 4th Earl of Derby, and had children including Francis Stanley.
  • Lady Margaret Clifford Cumberland passed away in 1596 in Cleveland House, Cleveland Row, St. James, London, Middlesex.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Clifford's Ancestors

Self
Lady Clifford
1540 – 1596
Birth Place: Brougham Castle, Brougham, Westmoreland, England
Parents
Sir Henry III de Clifford
1517 – 1570
Skipton, Yorkshire, England
Lady (Eleanor) Brandon
1519 – 1547
Westhorpe, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Sir (Henry II de) Clifford
1493 – 1542
Skipton, Yorkshire, England
Margaret (de Percy, daughter of Henry Algernon, Countess of Cumberland, married Henry Clifford) II
1506 – 1540
Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
Charles Brandon
1484 – 1545
Bishops Lynn, Norfolk, England
Mary (Rose) Tudor
1496 – 1533
Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Clifford's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret) Clifford (1540 – 28 September 1596) m. Lord (Henry Stanley I, 4th Earl of) Derby (Sep 1531 – 25 Sep 1593)
  1. 1. Francis Stanley (1585 – Aft. 1635) m. Susanna Small (1 Jan 1590 – 1635)

Lady Clifford's Timeline

3 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Lady Margaret Clifford Cumberland in Brougham Castle, Brougham, Westmoreland, England
Brougham Castle, Brougham, Westmoreland, England
1591
1591/92??
Age 51
Lady Margaret Clifford Cumberland was married in Lancashire & Cheshire: - Miscellanies containing: 1. A list of clergy for eleven deaneries of the diocese of the Chester, 1541-2; a list of the tenths and subsidy payable in ten deaneries of the Archdeaconry of Chester; 2. chorley survey; 3. list o
Lancashire & Cheshire: - Miscellanies containing: 1. A list of clergy for eleven deaneries of the diocese of the Chester, 1541-2; a list of the tenths and subsidy payable in ten deaneries of the Archdeaconry of Chester; 2. chorley survey; 3. list o
1596
28 September 1596
Age 56
Death of Lady Margaret Clifford Cumberland in Cleveland House, Cleveland Row, St. James, London, Middlesex
Cleveland House, Cleveland Row, St. James, London, Middlesex

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Brougham Castle, Brougham, Westmoreland, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1591/92??
    Event Place: Lancashire & Cheshire: - Miscellanies containing: 1. A list of clergy for eleven deaneries of the diocese of the Chester, 1541-2; a list of the tenths and subsidy payable in ten deaneries of the Archdeaconry of Chester; 2. chorley survey; 3. list o

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 September 1596
    Event Place: Cleveland House, Cleveland Row, St. James, London, Middlesex
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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