Thomas Henry Clifton
Thomas Henry Clifton (3 March 1845 – 31 March 1880) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Early life. Clifton was born on 3 March 1845 into a prestigious Lancashire family. He was the only son of John Talbot Clifton and the Lady Eleanor Cecily Lowther. His father, who succeeded Thomas' grandfather to the Lytham Hall and estate in 1851, was a Member of Parliament for North Lancashire between 1844 and 1847 and died in Algeria in 1882, two years after his death. His maternal grandparents were the former Lady Lucy Eleanor Sherard (a daughter of  Philip Sherard, 5th Earl of Harborough) and Col. Hon. Henry Cecil Lowther of Barleythorpe Hall, MP for Westmorland (the second son of William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale). His paternal grandparents were Hatty (née Treves) Clifton and Thomas Joseph Clifton. Career. Clifton followed his father into politics in 1874 when he was elected Conservative MP for North Lancashire at a by-election but died shortly before the next general election in 1880. During his life, Clifton was also a Justice of the Peace for Lancashire, a Lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards, and a Lieutenant of the Lancashire  Yeomanry Cavalry. Personal life. On 7 February 1867, he married Madeline Agnew at St George's, Hanover Square in London. Madeline was one of thirteen children born to the former Lady Mary Arabella Louisa Noel (a daughter of Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough) and Sir Andrew Agnew, 8th Baronet, MP for Wigtownshire. Together they had seven children, including: Clifton died on 31 March 1880. He was buried at St Cuthbert's Church, Lytham.