page_title: Clifford family (bankers)
section_title: George Clifford III
hierarchical_section_title: Clifford family (bankers) / History / George Clifford III
caption_attribution_description: English: Estate Hartekamp, near Heemstede (2009)
context_page_description: The Clifford family was a family of bankers, merchants and regenten of English descent who were active in Amsterdam during the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. The family originated in northern England, although the surname originated in the village of Clifford, Herefordshire. Northern England was the home of the noble Clifford family, since Roger Clifford was born in Cumberland and died in Brough Castle in Westmorland. There is no evidence that the Clifford banking family is descended from a nobleman named Clifford, who fought for William I of England.
context_section_description: George Clifford II's only son was George Clifford (1685-1760), who is best known as patron of the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus, whom he employed as 'hortulanus' to catalog the family's unique collection of plants, herbarium and library. The result was Linnaeus' book Hortus Cliffortianus, whose publication costs were paid by George Clifford III. In 1739 George Clifford III made a sworn statement to Nicolaes Geelvinck, secretary of the stadhuis, that he was descended from Henry Clifford from Landbeach.
caption: The Hartekamp in Heemstede
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