Biography of Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet 1587-1666
Paternal Family Tree: Clifton
In 1581 [his father] George Clifton (age 14) and [his mother] Winifred Thorold (age 13) were married.
On 25 Nov 1587 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet was born to George Clifton and Winifred Thorold (age 19).
Around Jan 1591 [his mother] Winifred Thorold (age 23) died.
On 23 Jul 1603 King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 37) created a number Knights at the Royal Gardens Whitehall Palace:
Henry Savile 1st Baronet (age 24), William Morgan (age 43), George Carew, Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden (age 46), Richard Musgrave 1st Baronet (age 18), James Calthorpe (age 44), Thomas Gresham (age 56), George Fane of Burston (age 22), Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 23), Robert Chichester (age 25), William Pope 1st Earl Downe (age 29), Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 15), Thomas Berkeley (age 28), Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 40), William Herbert 1st Baron Powis (age 30), Anthony Irby (age 26), Drue Drury of Eccles and Rollesby in Norfolk and Arnold Lygon (age 45).
24 Jul 1603 Richard Browne Clerk (age 64).
In 1609 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 21) was appointed Justice of the Peace Nottinghamshire.
In 1610 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 22) was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.
On 22 May 1611 the first Baronets were created by James I (age 44)
Walter Aston 1st Baronet (age 27) was created 1st Baronet Aston of Tixall.
Nicolas Bacon (age 71) was created 1st Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk. The Premier Baronet being the first creation.
Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet (age 55) was created 1st Baronet Belasyse of Newborough.
George Booth (age 54) was created 1st Baronet Booth of Dunham Massey. Katherine Anderson Lady Dunham Massey (age 43) by marriage Lady Booth of Dunham Massey.
Edward Carr (age 68) was created 1st Baronet Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire. Anne Dyer Lady Carr by marriage Lady Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire.
Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 23) was created 1st Baronet Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire.
Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 61) was created 1st Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent. Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 54) by marriage Lady Finch of Eastwell in Kent.
Thomas Gerard 1st Baronet (age 51) was created 1st Baronet Gerard of Bryn in Lancashire.
Henry Hobart 1st Baronet (age 51) was created 1st Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk. Dorothy Bell Lady Hobart by marriage Lady Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk.
Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet (age 40) was created 1st Baronet Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire.
Phillip Knyvet (age 41) was created 1st Baronet Knyvet of Buckenham in Norfolk.
Thomas Mansel 1st Baronet (age 55) was created 1st Baronet Mansel of Margam.
Thomas Pelham 1st Baronet (age 71) was created 1st Baronet Pelham of Laughton. Mary Walsingham Baroness Pelham Laughton (age 47) by marriage Lady Pelham of Laughton.
John Peyton 1st Baronet (age 50) was created 1st Baronet Peyton of Isleham.
George Savile 1st Baronet (age 61) was created 1st Baronet Savile of Thornhill.
John Shelley of Mitchelgrove 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Shelley of Mitchelgrove in Sussex.
George Shirley 1st Baronet (age 52) was created 1st Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire. Dorothy Wroughton Lady Shirley (age 41) by marriage Lady Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire.
John St John (age 25) was created 1st Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.
John Stradling 1st Baronet (age 48) was created 1st Baronet Stradling of St Donats in Glamorganshire.
Thomas Temple 1st Baronet (age 44) was created 1st Baronet Temple of Stowe.
Lionel Tollemache 1st Baronet (age 48) was created 1st Baronet Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk.
Before 1612 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 24) and Penelope Rich Lady Clifton were married. She by marriage Lady Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire. She the daughter of Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick (age 52) and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire.
In 1612 [his son] Gervase Clifton 2nd Baronet was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 24) and [his wife] Penelope Rich Lady Clifton.
In 1614 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 26) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
On 07 Sep 1615 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 27) and Frances Clifford Lady Clifton were married. She by marriage Lady Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire. She the daughter of Francis Clifford 4th Earl of Cumberland (age 56) and Grisold Hughes Countess Cumberland.
Before 15 Feb 1616 George Carey (age 75) and [his sister-in-law] Lettice Rich (age 27) were married. The difference in their ages was 48 years. She the daughter of Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick (age 56) and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire.
Before 1619 Arthur Lake (age 21) and [his sister-in-law] Lettice Rich (age 29) were married. She the daughter of Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick (age 59) and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire.
On 03 May 1619 [his sister-in-law] Lettice Rich (age 30) died.
In 1621 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In or before 1622 Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford (age 28) and [his sister-in-law] Margaret Clifford were married. She the daughter of Francis Clifford 4th Earl of Cumberland (age 62) and Grisold Hughes Countess Cumberland.
In 1622 [his sister-in-law] Margaret Clifford died.
In 1624 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 36) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
On 30 Nov 1624 [his future brother-in-law] Gervase Eyre (age 25) and Elizabeth Babington (age 17) were married at Rampton.
In 1625 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 37) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In 1626 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 38) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In 1626 [his son] Clifford Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 38) and [his wife] Frances Clifford Lady Clifton.
In 1627 [his wife] Frances Clifford Lady Clifton died.
In 1627 [his brother-in-law] Charles Rich died.
In 1628 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 40) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
On 05 May 1629 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 41) and Mary Egioke Lady Clifton were married. She by marriage Lady Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire.
In 1630 [his wife] Mary Egioke Lady Clifton died.
After 1630 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 42) and Isabel Meek Lady Clifton were married. She by marriage Lady Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire.
On 01 Aug 1632 [his sister-in-law] Isabella Rich (age 39) died. Monument at St Andrew's Church, Kimbolton [Map].
Isabella Rich: John Smythe and she were married. She the daughter of Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire. Around 1593 she was born to Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire.
In 1637 [his wife] Isabel Meek Lady Clifton died.
On 01 Jan 1638 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 50) and Anne South Lady Clifton were married. She by marriage Lady Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire.
Before 17 Feb 1639 [his wife] Anne South Lady Clifton died.
On 17 Feb 1639 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 51) and Jane Eyre Lady Clifton (age 19) were married. She by marriage Lady Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire. The difference in their ages was 31 years.
In Nov 1640 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 52) was elected MP East Retford during the Long Parliament.
In 1641 [his son] Robert Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 53) and [his wife] Jane Eyre Lady Clifton (age 21).
On 23 Oct 1643 [his future brother-in-law] Henry Hastings 1st Baron Loughborough (age 33) was created 1st Baron Loughborough.
Around 1645 [his brother-in-law] Gervase Eyre (age 46) died.
On 04 Jul 1650 [his son] Clifford Clifton (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Frances Finch were married.
In 1655 [his wife] Jane Eyre Lady Clifton (age 35) died.
On 17 Dec 1656 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 69) and Alice Hastings Lady Clifton (age 50) were married at St Andrew Undershaft, Aldgate Ward. She by marriage Lady Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire. She the daughter of Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon and Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. 
On 15 Aug 1658 [his sister-in-law] Essex Rich (age 69) died.
In 1659 [his daughter] Lettice Clifton died.
On 08 May 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 30) summoned his second Parliament.
John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston (age 44) was elected MP Wallingford.
James Thynne (age 56) was elected MP Wiltshire.
Adam Browne 2nd Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Surrey.
Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 30) was elected MP Northumberland.
William Compton (age 36) was elected MP Cambridge.
Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 32) was elected MP Camelford.
Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge (age 61) was elected MP Bath and Heytesbury.
Edward Hungerford (age 28) was elected MP Chippenham.
Robert Pierrepont (age 24) was elected MP Nottingham.
John Melbury Sampford Strangeways (age 75) was elected MP Weymouth.
Giles Strangeways (age 45) was elected MP Dorset.
John Strangeways (age 24) was elected MP Bridport.
William Wyndham 1st Baronet (age 29) was elected MP Taunton.
James Herbert (age 38) was elected MP Queenborough.
William Alington 1st and 3rd Baron Alington (age 21) was elected MP Cambridge.
William Bowes of Streatlam (age 4) was elected MP Durham.
Robert Brooke (age 24) was elected MP Aldeburgh.
Josiah Child (age 30) was elected MP Dartmouth.
Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 73) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
Thomas Crew 2nd Baron Crew (age 37) was elected MP Brackley.
Richard Jennings (age 42) was elected MP St Albans.
Robert Kemp 2nd Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Norfolk.
Edward Phelips (age 48) was elected MP Somerset.
Robert Robartes (age 27) was elected MP Bossiney.
Hender Robartes (age 25) was elected MP Bodmin.
Clement Fisher 2nd Baronet (age 48) was elected MP Coventry.
William Portman 6th Baronet (age 17) was elected MP Taunton.
John Robinson 1st Baronet (age 46) was elected MP Rye.
On 10 Jan 1666 [his brother-in-law] Henry Hastings 1st Baron Loughborough (age 55) died. Baron Loughborough extinct.
On 28 Jun 1666 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 78) died. His son [his son] Gervase Clifton 2nd Baronet (age 54) succeeded 2nd Baronet Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire.
In 1667 [his former wife] Alice Hastings Lady Clifton (age 61) died.
[his daughter] Jane Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet and Jane Eyre Lady Clifton.
[his daughter] Frances Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet and Frances Clifford Lady Clifton.
John Smythe and Isabella Rich were married. She the daughter of Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire.
[his daughter] Lettice Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet and Frances Clifford Lady Clifton.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet and Frances Clifford Lady Clifton.
[his daughter] Anne Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet and Frances Clifford Lady Clifton.
[his son] Charles Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet and Jane Eyre Lady Clifton.
[his daughter] Mary Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet and Jane Eyre Lady Clifton.
Thomas Cheeke and Essex Rich were married. She the daughter of Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire. They were third cousin once removed.
[his daughter] Margaret Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet and Frances Clifford Lady Clifton.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Clifton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gervase Clifton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gervase Clifton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Clifton
GrandFather: Gervase "The Gentle" Clifton
Father: George Clifton
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Thwaites
GrandMother: Winifred Thwaites
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Thorold
GrandFather: Anthony Thorold
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Leke of Halloughton in Nottinghamshire
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Leke
Mother: Winifred Thorold
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Sutton of Wellingore 
GrandMother: Margaret Sutton