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CLIFTON 311 II Nov. 1702, with both her husbands, in Westm. Abbey, aged 62. Will signed "Ca. O'Brien" (the testatrix being described as Lady Cathenne O'Brien in the Probate Act), dat. 30 Oct., and pr. 13 Dec. 1702. VIII. 1702. 8. Katherine, suojure. Baroness Clifton (of Leigh- ton Bromswold), only surv. da. and h.,(^) was b. 29 Jan. 1673. She m. "clandestinely" at Totteridge, Herts, 10 July 1688 (lie. Vic. Gen.), Edward Hyde, stykJ Viscount Cornbury (s. and h. of Henry (Hyde), Earl of Clarendon), who, after her death, became Earl OF Clarendon, and d. 31 Mar. 1723. She d. at New York, 11 Aug. 1706, in her 34th year, and was bur. in Trinity Church there. () IX. 1706. 9. Edward (Hyde), Lord Clifton (of Leighton Bromswold), styled, after 1709, Viscount Cornbury, only surv. s. and h., bap. 6 Oct. 1691, at St. James's, Westm. He matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 10 Oct. 1707, and, on 12 Jan. 171 2, took his seat in the House of Lords. He d. unm. and v. p., " of excessive drinking," 12, and was bur. 20 Feb. 17 12/3, in Westm. Abbey, aged 20. Will, in which he styles himself "Lord Viscount Cornbury and Baron Clifton," dat. 25 May 1710, pr. 17 June 1713 and 8 Feb. 1722/3. X. 1713- 10. Theodosia, j«o_/«r^, Baroness Clifton (of Leigh- ton Bromswold), only surv. sister and h. She was b. 9 Nov., and bap. 9 Dec. 1695, at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. Having re- ceived from Queen Anne ^ 10,000 as "an additional fortune," she »;., 24 Aug. 1 713, at Westm. Abbey, John Bligh, of Rathmore, co. Meath, who was accordingly en, on 14 Sep. 1721, BARON CLIFTON OF RATHMORE, co. Meath [I.]; on 7 Mar. 1722/3, VISCOUNT DARN- LEY OF ATHBOY, co. Meath [I.], and, on 29 June 1725, EARL OF DARNLEY, co. Meath [I.]. He d. at Epsom, Surrey, 12, and was bur. 25 Sep. 1728, in Westm. Abbey, in his 41st year. She d. in Arlington Str., in childbed, 30 July, and was bur. 15 Aug. 1722, in Westm. Abbey, aged 26. Admon. as "Baroness Clifton in Great Britain [jzV] and Baroness Rathmore in Ireland," 8 Feb. 1722/3. XI. 1722. II. Edward (Bligh), Lord Clifton (of" Leighton Bromswold), 2nd but ist surv. s. and h., b. 1 7 15. On 12 Sep. 1728, he sue. his father as Earl of Darnley, G'c. [I.], with which Earldom this Barony became united. He d'. unm., 22 July 1747. XII. 1747. 12. John (Bligh), Earl OF Darnley, ^c, and Lord Clifton (of Leighton Bromswold), br. and h. He d. 31 July 1781. XIII. 1 78 1. 13. John (Bligh), Earl of Darnley, <yc., and Lord Clifton (of Leighton Broms- wold), 1st s. and h. He d. 17 Mar. 1831. (*) Her br., Donogh O'Brien, d. v.m., 5 May 1682 (see sub Thomond). Her elder sister, Mary, m. John, i8th Earl of Kildare, but d. v.m., 24 Nov. 1683, leaving one son, who d. 1683/4. (*") See inscription on her coffin plate, ante, p. 267, note " e." ?? 73 P^ M Z-. rs w" n .^ z ~* M ■0 -^t V N> WA •-^ ■i^ n — C CI- — ^ xi «  x _ n>