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BURLINGTON 431 da. and h. of Henry (Clifford), 5th and last Earl of Cumberland, and 1st Lord Clifford (under the writ of 1628), by Frances, da. of Robert (Cecil), Earl of Salisbury. She, who was ^. 18 Sep. 1613, d. 6, and was bur. 20 Jan. 1690/1, aged 77. (^) Will pr. Mar. 1691. He d. 15 Jan., and was bur. 3 Feb. 1697/8, at Londesborough, co. York, aged Sj.C') Will pr. Feb. 1698. [Charles Boyle, styled Viscount Dungarvan, 2nd, but ist surv. s. and h. ap., bap. 12 Dec. 1639, at Sir Thomas Stafford's house, in the Savoy, King Charles being his godfather. By privy seal, he was sum. v.p. to the House of Lords [I.] in one of his father's Peerages, 28 Jan., taking his seat 20 Feb. 1662/3, as VISCOUNT DUNGARVAN.(') F.R.S. 6 Jan. 1663/4. He was M.P. (.Tory) for Tamworth 1670-79, and for co. York 1679-81; and 1685-87. By writ 16 July 1689, he was sum. to the House of Lords [E.], v.p. in his father's Barony, as LORD CLIFFORD OF LANES- BOROUGH. (<^) He ;«., istly, "very privately," 7 May 1661, Jane, yst. da. of William (Seymour), Duke of Somerset, by his 2nd wife, Frances, da. of Robert (Devereux), Earl of Essex. She, who was b. 6 July 1637, d. 23 Nov., and was bur. (as "Tke Lady Jane Clifford") 8 Dec. 1679, in Westm. Abbey, aged 42 years, 4 months and 17 days. M.I. Admon. 21 Jan. 1679/80. On the death of his mother in 1691, he became, as her s. and h., de jure, Lord Clifford [1628]. He m., 2ndly, shortly before 12 May 1688, Arethusa, 6th da. of George (Berkeley), ist Earl Berkeley, by Elizabeth, da. of John Massingberd. He d. v.p., at Londesborough, 1 2, and was bur. there 28 Oct. 1694, aged SS-^) Admon. as "Charles, Plscount Clifford" of Londesborough, co. York, 23 Feb. 16^4./^, to a creditor. His widow d. II, and was bur. 17 Feb. 1742/3, at Cranford, Midx. Will, as Baroness Clifford, pr. Feb. 1742/3.] II. 1694. 2. Charles (Boyle), Earl of Burlington, ^c. [E.], also Earl of Cork, ^c. [I.], grandson and h., being s. and ("VAvery fine speaking lady, and agood woman." (Pepys' Diary, 28 Sep. 1668). V.G. C") He was "looked upon as a cautious man that had no mind to venture too far for fear of his great estate, and so seemed to carry fair with all parties." (Sir John Reresby's Memoirs, 1683). Until 1689 he generally supported the Court. He promoted the Revolution of 1688. V.G. ('^) He is probably the only instance of an eldest son of a Peer being sum. v.p. to the House ot Lords in the two respective Kingdoms of England and Ireland. Such summonses in Ireland were rare, being only nine in all, extending from 1 613 to 1736. See a list of these in vol. i, p. 2, note "c." For a list of such summonses to the English House of Lords, see vol. i, Appendix G. C^) The writ was directed to him as "Charles Boyle de Lanesborough," and he sat as "Lord Boyle," but it was amended 10 Aug. following under a Royal Warrant, and he afterwards sat as " Lord ClifTord." See Courthope. (^) "Lord Clifford was a valiant, uncorrupt, gentleman, ambitious, not covetous; generous, passionate, a most constant sincere friend." (Evelyn's Diary, 18 Aug. 1673). V.G.