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Augustus Clifford

Admiral
Sir Augustus Clifford
Bt CB
Sir Augustus Clifford.jpg
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
In office
25 July 1832 – 8 February 1877
Monarch William IV
Queen Victoria
Preceded by Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt
Succeeded by Sir William Knollys
Personal details
Born Augustus William James Clifford
(1788-05-26)26 May 1788
France
Died 8 February 1877(1877-02-08) (aged 88)
Palace of Westminster
Westminster, Middlesex
United Kingdom
Spouse(s) Lady Elizabeth Frances Townshend
(1813-1862; her death)
Relations The Duke of Devonshire
(Father)
Lady Elizabeth Foster
(Mother)
Children William John Cavendish Clifford
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Knight Bachelor
Baronet
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Navy
Years of service 1800-1866
Rank Generic-Navy-O11.svg Admiral of the Red

Admiral Sir Augustus William James Clifford, 1st Baronet, CB (26 May 1788 – 8 February 1877) was a British Royal Navy officer, court official, and usher of the Black Rod.

Clifford was born in France in 1788, the illegitimate son of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (and 7th Baron Clifford) (1748–1811), and Lady Elizabeth Foster (1759–1824), daughter of Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol. Not long after his birth, his mother brought him to England, to be wet-nursed by Louisa Augusta Marshall, wife of the Revd John Marshall, curate at Clewer, near Windsor, Berkshire. Clifford was educated at Harrow School, 1796-99. His parents married in 1809, their respective spouses having died.

He married, on 20 October 1813, Lady Elizabeth Frances Townshend (2 August 1789 – 10 April 1862 Nice), sister of John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend. Each of his sons, Capt William RN, Robert and Charles succeeded their father in turn as the second, third and fourth (and final) baronets.

Clifford was a patron of the arts, and formed a unique collection of paintings, sculpture, etchings, engravings, and bijouterie. He died at his residence in the House of Lords in 1877.

Clifford entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman in May 1800, and was promoted to a lieutenancy in 1806. He served at the reduction of Ste. Lucie and Tobago in 1803, and throughout the operations in Egypt during 1807. He was at the capture of a convoy in the Bay of Rosas in 1809 (for which he received a medal) and in the operations on the coast of Italy 1811–12.


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