HERALDRY. 
The family of Clinton is defcend’d from William, 
chamberlain of Normandy, whofe three Tons came over 
to England with William the Co? qucror. Thev took 
their name from the lordfhip of Cl'impton, now Glimp. 
ton, in the county of Oxford. Renebald, the fecond 
foil, had iffue, i. Geoffrey, who was a favourite mimf- 
ter of Henry 111. and fucceffively pofleffed the offices of 
lord chamberlain of the houfehold, lord high treafurer 
of England, and chief judiciary. 2. Ofbert, whofe fon 
Roger was appointed bifliop of Coventry in 1128, and 
died in 1149; alld whofe grandfon Ofbert was in the lift 
of t lie barons who made war again ft Henry III. John 
de Clinton, in the reign of Edward I. married Ida, lifter 
and heirof firWilliam de Odingfels, baron of Maxtock, 
in the county of Warwick, and received ftimmons to par¬ 
liament February 6, 1298, by the title of baron Clinton 
of Maxtock. He had ilfiie, 1. John, fecond lord Clin¬ 
ton. 2. William, who ferved Edward III. in his wars 
in Scotland and France; and was by that prince, July 
16, 1333, conftituted lord high admiral of England ; and 
Marcli 16, 1337, created earl of the county of Hunting¬ 
don. He died without iffue, Align ft 25, 1354. 
John fecond lord Clinton, and John third lord Clin¬ 
ton his fon,- both diftinguilhed •themfelves in the mili¬ 
tary fervice of Edward III. William fourth lord Clin¬ 
ton, grandfon of John third lord Clinton, ferved Henry 
IV. in his wars againft Scotland; and Henry V. and 
Henry VI. in their wars in France. He bore the titles 
of lord Clinton and Say, the latter of them in right of 
his grandmother Idonea, daughter of Geoffrey Say lord 
Say. John fifth lord Clinton, bis fon, ferved alfo in tlie 
•wars of Henry VI. againft Fiance, and was prifoner in 
that'county for more than fix years. In the fubfequent 
wars of York and Lancafter, in 1459, he adhered to the 
houfe of York. 
Edward, ninth lord Clinton, his great-grand fon, dif- 
tinguilhed himfelf in the naval fervice of his country, 
and was commander in chief of the -Englifh fleet off 
Edinburgh, at the battle of Pinkney, in 1547. He was 
foon after appointed governor of Boulogne in Picardy, 
which he held till it was furrendered to the French in 
1550. He was farther appointed, May 14, in the fame 
year, lord high admiral of England for life; and in May 
1552, conftable of the Tower of London. In 1558 he 
commanded an expedition againft the harbour of Breft, 
and affaulted and deftroyed the town of Conquet in 
Bretagne. By queen Elizabeth he was conftituted one 
of the commiffioners to hear the charges againft Mary 
queen of Scots, and one of the peers who fat for the 
trial of Thomas duke of Norfolk. By the fame princefs 
he was advanced to the title of earl of Lincoln, and died 
January 16, 1585. Henry, fecond earl of Lincoln, his 
fon, was father to Thomas, third earl of Lincoln, and 
to fir Edward Clinton, grandfather of Francis, feventh 
earl of Lincoln. 
Theophilus, fourth earl of Lincoln, fon of Thomas, 
the third earl, was concerned in the unfortunate expedi¬ 
tion in the reign of James I. to join count Mansfeldt 
with fix regiments of Britiffi foot and two troops of 
horfe, for the fervice of the elector Palatine king of 
Bohemia. In 1646, the parliament ordered 1700I. which 
he had difburfed in their fervice, to be paid him out of 
the eftates of delinquents in the county of Lincoln ; but 
in the following year, having oppofed their army, and 
endeavoured to bring on a treaty with Charles 1. an im¬ 
peachment of high treafon was preferred againft him by 
the houfe of commons, from which he was afterwards 
difcharged. 
Francis, fixth earl of Lincoln, had iffue, 2. Henry, 
feventh earl of Lincoln. ». George, an admiral in the 
navy, who married Anne, daughter and heir of Peter 
Carle, a major-general in the army; by which lady, who 
died Auguft 5, 1767, he had iffue fir Henry Clinton, 
knight of the bath, a lieutenant-general in the army, 
colonel of the feventh regiment of dragoons, governor 
477 
ol Li meric in Ireland, and commander in chief of the 
forces in the American war. 
Henry, feventh earl of Lincoln, adhered to the party 
of the whigs in the reign of queen Anne, and waimly 
oppofed the peace,of Utrecht. By George 1. he was 
conftituted paymafter-general of the forces,' and confta¬ 
ble of the Lower of London. He married Lucy, lifter 
to the late duke of Nevvcaltle, by whom he had three 
fons and five daughters ; George, eighth earl of Lincoln, 
born January 15, 1718, died April 30, 1730 ; Henry, the 
ninth earl, and fecond duke ; Thomas, born November 
8, 1723, died March 18, 1726-7; Anne, "died young j 
Lucy, died unmarried ; Caroline, born January 20, 1727, 
died young; Margaret, born in December 1722, died 
October 1723; Grace, dud young. Henry, the fecond 
duke, was born April 24, 1720; married, October 3, 
1744, Catharine, only furviving daughter of Henry Pel¬ 
ham, brother to the firft duke of Newcaftle, by which 
lady, who died July 27, 1760, he bad iffue, George, 
born November 26, 1745, died in Auguft 1752; Henry, 
earl of Lincoln, born November 5, 1750, married May 
27 -> !775> Frances, filler to the marquis of Hertford, and 
died October 22, 1778; by his lady he had a fon, Henry 
Pelham, who died in September 1779; and a daughter, 
Catharine, born April 6 , 1776 ; married October 3, 1800, 
vifeount Folkftone, fon of the earl of Radnor, and died 
May 17, 1804; John, born September 13, 1755, and died 
in October 1781. Thomas, the third duke, and fecond 
fon, who fucceeded- his father February 22, 1794, was 
born in July 1762; married, January 23, 1782, Maria, 
youngeft daughter of the late earl of Harrington, by 
whom he had iffue, Anna-Maria, born Auguft i, 1783 ; 
married, January 1, 1801, colonel Cotton,' eldeft fon of 
fir Robert Cotton, bart. and died in June 1807 ; Henry. 
Pelham, the prefent duke; Thomas, born February 23, 
1786, died at Gibraltar, October 13, 1804; and Char¬ 
lotte. Her grace married, fecondly, February 7, 1800, 
to colonel Charles Craufurd, brother to fir Alexander 
Craufurd, bart. The duke dying May 17, 1795, was 
fucceeded by his fon Henry-Pelham, the prefent and 
fourth duke. 
Creations. —Earl of Lincoln, May 4, 1572, i4Eliz. 
and Duke of Newcaftle-under-Line, by patent, Novem¬ 
ber 13, 1756, 30 Geo. II. 
Residences. —Clumber Park, in the county of Not¬ 
tingham.—Town-houffi, Ma'ddox-ftreet. 
ArmorialBearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto. — Loyalte n'a haute. — “ Loyalty is never 
afhamed.” 
PERCY, DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 
HUGH PERCY, Duke and Earl of NORTHUM¬ 
BERLAND, Earl Percy, Baron Warkworth, of Wark- 
wonhCalf'le; Baron Percy, Lucy, Poynings, Fitzpayne, 
Bryan, and Latimer; Colonel of the Royal Regiment of 
Horfe Guards Blue, Knight of the Garter, Lord Lieu¬ 
tenant and Vice-admiral of Northumberland, and Con¬ 
ftable of Launcefton-caftle ; born Auguft 25, 1742. He 
fucceeded his father, Hugh, the late duke, June 6, 1786; 
married, firft, July 2, 1764, lady Anne Stuart, daughter 
of John earl of Bute, by whom he had no iffue, and 
which marriage was diffolved by aCl. of parliament, in 
1779; he married, fecondly, May 25, 1779, Frances-! 
Julia Burrel, daughter of Peter Barrel, elq. of Becken¬ 
ham in Kent, (filler to Elizabeth duchefs of Hamilton 
and marchionefs of Exeter, Ifabella countefs of Be¬ 
verley, and Peter lord Gwydir;) by whom he had 
iffue, Charlotte, born July 3, 17S0, died May 3, 1781 ; . 
Elizabeth, born December 23, 1781 ; Julia, born May 
2, 1783 ; Hugh, earl Percy, heir apparent, and Agnes, 
twins, born April 20, 1783; Henry, born June 24, 1787, 
fince deceafed ; Amelia, born January 16,1789; Frances, 
born September 13, 1791, died Auguft 28, 1803 ; Al¬ 
gernon, born December 15, 1792. 
The family of Percy, is in the lift of thofe ancient 
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