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CLINTON — C'LIVE. 309 XX. 1866. 20. Charles Henry Rolle (Trbpbsb, nftcrmmU HErmiiiN-STUAiiT-FonBKS-Ti!EFUSis), Lord Clinton, b. and h., h. 2 March 1834 at Rome ; ed. at Etou and at Ch. Ch., Oxford ; matric. 3 June 1852 j B.A. (1st clasa, law and mod. Hist.), 1856 ; M.A., 1859 ; M.P. for North Devon, 1857-66 ; Under Sec. of State for India, July 1SC7 to Dec. 1868 ; Lieut.-Col. North Devon Yeom. Cavalry, 1867-85 ; Charity Commissioner (paid), 1874-80 ; Lord-Lieut, of Devon, 18S7. On 4 Sep. 1867 he took, by Royal lie., the name o£ Hepburn-Stuart- Forbes, before that of Trcfusis, having TO. (firstly) 29 July 1858, his first cousin, Willia- mina, only da. and h. of Sir John Stuart Hepbubn-Foubes, Bart. [S.], by Harriett Louisa Anne, da. of William (Kerr), 3rd Marquess of Lothian [S.] aboveuamed, She d. 4 July 1869, aged 34, at Heanton Satchville afsd. He m. secondly, 30 March 1S75, at Ufi'cuhne, Devon, Margaret, 2nd da. of Sir John Walrond Walrond, Bart., by Frances Caroline, da. of Samuel (Hood), 2nd Baron Bridport [I.] She was h. 16 Nov. 1.861. Family estates.— -These, in 1883, consisted of 14,431 acres in Devonshire, and 3,690 in Cornwall, worth, together, £18,385 a year, besides, in Scotland, 6,730 acres in co. Aberdeen ; 4,918 in co. Perth ; and 5,007 in CO. Kincardine, worth, together, £14,228 a year. Total 34,776 acres, worth £32,613 a year. Principal Residence.— Heanton Satchville, near Beaford, North Devon. CLINTON, or DE CLINTON. Barony by "William de Clixton, yr. s. of John, Lord de Clinton Writ, (so cr. 1299) by Ida, da. of William be Odingsklls, was sum. to Pari. as a Baron (LORD DE CLIXTON) from 6 Sept. (1330) 4 Ed. Ill to I. 1330, 11 Jan. (1336/7) 10 Ed. III. On 13 March 1336/7, he was cr. EARL to OF HUNTINGDON. He d. s.p-C) 31 Aug. 1354 when all his 1 •'!•"> 1. dignities became extinct. See fuller account under " Huntingdon," Earldom of, cr. 1337 ; ex. 1354.(") CLINTON DE SAY. See " Clinton," liarony, cr. 1299, under the 11th holder, who was mm. v.p. (in his Father's Barony) as " CLYNTON DE SAY," by writ IS Feb. 1609/10. CLIVE OF PLASSEY, CLIVE OF WALCOT and CLIVE OF LUDLOW. Barony [I.] J. Robert Clive, s. and h. of Richard C. of Styche, Salop, by Rebecca, da. and coheir of Nathaniel Gaskell of 1- 17G2. Manchester, was 4. at Styche 29 Sep. and bap. 2 Oct. 1725 at Moreton-Say. He was ed. at 4 different schools, viz.: (1) Lostock, in Cheshire ; (2) Market Drayton, when aged 11 ; Merchant Taylors, London, when aged 12; and (4) at Hemel Hempstead, Herts. At 19, in 1744, he arrived at Madras, having been, in 1743, appointed a Writer in the service of the East India Company. In 1747, however, he obtained an Ensign's commission and fought at the siege of Poudicherry, and, as Lieut., commanded the forlorn hope that stormed Devikota. In 1751 lie took the city of Arcot, but returned to England for 3 years in 1753, and was M.P. for St. Michaels, 1754-55. In 1756, as Lieut.-CoL, he was made (") There can be but little doubt of this fact inasmuch as his brother's son, Sir John do Clinton (Lord Clinton), was found his heir. According to some accounts, however, he had a da. Elizabeth, who m. Sir John Fitzwilham of Sprotborough, and was ancestress of the succeeding race there, as also of the present Earl FitzWilliam. The only probable surmise as to this Lady, who inherited none of his lands, is, that, if «he ever existed, she was illegitimate. () It is remarkable that in his will, dat. 23 Aug. 1354, he is styled "AVilliam, "'id Clinton" [only], and bis widow, in her will, dat. 30 Oct. 1367, as "Julian de Chilton." Both arc given in the - Test. Vcl."