Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland
Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland (15594 January 1641) was a member of the Clifford family which held the seat of Skipton from 1310 to 1676.
He was the second son of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland and Anne Dacre and inherited his title and estates on the death of his brother George, who had willed them to him in place of his daughter Anne.
A long lawsuit between them over the possession of the family estates was settled in 1617.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Westmorland in 1584 and 1586 and for Yorkshire in 1604.
He was appointed Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1600, constable of Knaresborough castle in 1604 and keeper of Carlisle castle in 1605.
He was Custos Rotulorum of Cumberland from 1605 to 1639 and joint Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland (1607–1639), Westmorland (1607–1641) and Newcastle and a member of the Council of the North in 1619.
He married Grisold Hughes, daughter of Thomas Hughes and Elizabeth Dwnn (or Don), daughter of Sir Griffith Dwnn (or Don) and Elizabeth Roche-Eden, circa March 1589.
Children of Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland and Grisold Hughes:
He died on 21 January 1640/41.
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James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater
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William Cuffe, 4th Earl of Desart
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He succeeded to the title of 6th Baron Desart, 4th Viscount Desart and 4th Earl of Desart on the 1 April 1865
John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland
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George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury
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He also held the subsidiary titles of 13th Baron Strange of Blackmere and 9th Baron Furnivall.
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Henry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland
Henry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland( 28 February 159111 December 1643) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1622.
He was created a Baron in 1628 and succeeded to the title Earl of Cumberland in 1641.
Clifford was the son of Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland and Grisold Hughes and a member of the Clifford family which held the seat of Skipton from 1310 to 1676.
He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.
In 1607 he became joint Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland, Northumberland and Westmorland.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Westmorland in 1614, and was returned in 1621.
In 1621 he became Custos Rotulorum of Westmorland.
He was created Baron Clifford in 1628.
Clifford was a supporter of Charles I during the so- called Bishops' Wars in Scotland, and also during the Civil War until his death.
He succeeded to the title of Earl of Cumberland in 1641 and died two years later in 1643 at the age of 52; as he left no sons the earldom became extinct.
Clifford married Lady Frances Cecil( 159314 February 1644), daughter of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Elizabeth Brooke.
They had one child: Lady Elizabeth Clifford who married Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington.
George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon
George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon( 1540 – 30 December 1604) was an English nobleman.
He was a son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, and Catherine Pole.
He was a younger brother of Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, and older brother of Francis Hastings.
He succeeded Henry as the 4th Earl.
He was High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1571 and knight of the shire( MP) for Derbyshire in 1562 and Leicestershire in 1584 – 1587.
He was invested as a knight in 1565.
They lived at Gopsall and then Loughborough, both in Leicestershire.
He was succeeded by his grandson Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon.
Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland
Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland (1517 –
January 1570) was a member of the Clifford family, seated at Skipton Castle from 1310 to 1676.
His wife was Lady Eleanor Brandon, a niece of King Henry VIII.

Question: When was Francis Clifford, 4Th Earl Of Cumberland's father born?
Answer: 1517