Sir Augustus William James Clifford, first baronet

(1788-1877)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Clifford, Augustus William James, bart., 1788-1877 NRA: Clifford Sir Augustus William James (1788-1877) 1st Baronet Admiral MP DNB: Clifford, Sir Augustus William James, first baronet (1788–1877), naval officer and court official LBT ID: AuCliff1877	B/BAP: 1788-05-26 DIED: 1877-02-08
SOURCES: DNB
The illegitimate son of William Cavendish, fifth duke of Devonshire, and Lady Elizabeth Foster; educated at Harrow, he was a naval officer, MP for Bandon (1818-20, 1831-32) and Dungarvan (1820-22), and Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod (1832-77).
REFERENCES TO Sir Augustus William James Clifford, first baronet: Lady Holland to Eleanor Creevey, [October? 1813] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Lord Holland to Thomas Creevey, 4 July 1817 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ n1 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch XII: 1817-18 Found 1: ¶ n1