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Admiral Sir Augustus William James Clifford, 1st Baronet, CB (26 May 1788 – 8 February 1877) was a British Royal Navy officer, court official, and usher of the Black Rod.
- William John Cavendish Clifford
- Admiral of the Red
- 1800–1866
Sir Augustus William James Clifford, primer baronet, CB (26 de mayo de 1788 - 8 de febrero de 1877) fue un oficial de la Marina Real británica, funcionario de la corte y ujier del Black Rod.
Hace 2 días · Sir Augustus Clifford (1788–1877) was a Naval Captain appointed Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod from 1832 to 1877. Clifford's long tenure was a time of transition for Black Rod's Office, with a forced reduction in staff and the abolition of the additional fees system that supplemented their salary.
Clifford was born abroad, the eldest natural son of the 5th Duke of Devonshire. He took the name of one of his baronies and benefited throughout his career from the generosity of his half-brother, the 6th Duke.
Clifford, the eldest bastard son of the 5th duke of Devonshire, had a distinguished wartime naval career. His mother, who doted on him, extolled his ‘modest pride and dignity of feeling’ and thought him ‘everything that is lovely and loveable in mind and body’.
Admiral Sir Augustus William James Clifford, 1st Baronet Kt CB MP (26 May 1788 – 8 February 1877) was a British Royal Navy officer, court official, and usher of the Black Rod.
Sir Augustus Clifford, seated three-quarters right in a chair looking at the camera, a dog lies on the floor by his feet.
