Thomas Clinton, 3rd Earl of Lincoln

Thomas Clinton, 3rd Earl of Lincoln (1568 – 15 January 1619), was an English peer, styled Lord Clinton from 1585 to 1616.[1]

Life

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Educated at Oxford (MA 1588), Clinton represented the constituencies of Lincolnshire in 1601 and Great Grimsby from 1604 to 1610. Lord Clinton was a member of the Lower House, serving as an English representative in the Anglo-Scottish Union Commission established in June 1604,[2] before entering the House of Lords on 14 February 1610 by writ of acceleration as Baron Clinton.

Family

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The eldest son of Henry Clinton, 2nd Earl of Lincoln, KB and Lady Catherine Hastings, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Hon Catherine Pole, he succeeded his father in 1616 to the family titles.

Clinton married 1584 Elizabeth Knyvett (died 1632), younger daughter and co-heiress of Sir Henry Knyvett, MP, and had:

Lord Lincoln died at Tattershall.

References

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  1. ^ Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 2. London: Longmans, Green. p. 384.
  2. ^ "British History Online". Commons Journals.
  3. ^ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JW4T-583 : 11 February 2018, Theophilus Clynton, 11 Nov 1599); citing, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 421,894.
  4. ^ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NGZ5-WJV : 11 February 2018, Henry Clinton, 18 Apr 1595); citing, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 421,894.
  5. ^ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J33S-M77 : 11 February 2018, Thomas Clinton, 15 May 1596); citing, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 421,894.
  6. ^ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J339-126 : 11 February 2018, Arbella Clinton, 03 Aug 1597); citing, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 421,894.
  7. ^ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NGZ5-7YV : 11 February 2018, Edward Clynton, 21 Dec 1600); citing, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 421,894.
  8. ^ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NG89-6YP : 11 February 2018, Dorcas Clinton, 16 Jun 1614); citing, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 421,913.
  9. ^ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J33S-BNY : 11 February 2018, Sarah Fynes Clinton, 14 Sep 1615); citing, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 421,913.
  10. ^ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JM8M-CQR : 11 February 2018, An Clynton, 03 Mar 1602); citing, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 421,894.
  11. ^ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NG89-6HG : 11 February 2018, Charles Chlenton, 30 Aug 1604); citing, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 421,913.
  12. ^ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J33S-B3P : 11 February 2018, Knephet Clynton, 30 Jan 1605); citing, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 421,913.
Peerage of England
Preceded by Earl of Lincoln
1616–1619
Succeeded by
Baron Clinton
(writ of acceleration)

1610–1619