7th Earl of Darnley.
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: Edward Henry Stuart Bligh, 7th Earl of Darnley was born on 21 August 1851. He was the son of John Stuart Bligh, 6th Earl of Darnley and Lady Harriet Mary Pelham. He was styled Lord Clifton until 1896, lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was an English landowner and aristocrat who played first-class cricket for Kent and for other amateur sides in the 1870s. He was born and died at the English home of the Earls of Darnley, Cobham Hall, at Cobham, near Gravesend in Kent.
"(Lord) Clifton"—as he often signed—was a well-known ornithologist.
Described as "having a fearsome temper and being profligate", Bligh matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 8 June 1870. In 1896, Bligh succeeded his father as the Earl of Darnley and "spent money like water", greatly reducing the wealth of the Darnleys.
On 26 January 1899, he married Jemima Adeline Beatrice Blackwood, daughter of Francis J. L. Blackwood, by whom he had one daughter: Elizabeth Bligh, 17th Baroness Clifton (1900–1937).
Upon his death on 31 October 1900 at age 49, without male issue, he was succeeded as Earl of Darnley by his brother Ivo and as Baron Clifton by his infant daughter, Elizabeth.
He succeeded as the 16th Lord Clifton, of Leighton Bromswold on 14 December 1896. He succeeded as the 7th Baron Clifton of Rathmore, co. Meath on 14 December 1896. He succeeded as the 7th Earl of Darnley, co. Meath on 14 December 1896. He succeeded as the 7th Viscount Darnley of Athboy, co. Meath on 14 December 1896.
Contributor: Sandra Dobberson (48126249) • Jan-22-23
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: Edward Henry Stuart Bligh, 7th Earl of Darnley was born on 21 August 1851. He was the son of John Stuart Bligh, 6th Earl of Darnley and Lady Harriet Mary Pelham. He was styled Lord Clifton until 1896, lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was an English landowner and aristocrat who played first-class cricket for Kent and for other amateur sides in the 1870s. He was born and died at the English home of the Earls of Darnley, Cobham Hall, at Cobham, near Gravesend in Kent.
"(Lord) Clifton"—as he often signed—was a well-known ornithologist.
Described as "having a fearsome temper and being profligate", Bligh matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 8 June 1870. In 1896, Bligh succeeded his father as the Earl of Darnley and "spent money like water", greatly reducing the wealth of the Darnleys.
On 26 January 1899, he married Jemima Adeline Beatrice Blackwood, daughter of Francis J. L. Blackwood, by whom he had one daughter: Elizabeth Bligh, 17th Baroness Clifton (1900–1937).
Upon his death on 31 October 1900 at age 49, without male issue, he was succeeded as Earl of Darnley by his brother Ivo and as Baron Clifton by his infant daughter, Elizabeth.
He succeeded as the 16th Lord Clifton, of Leighton Bromswold on 14 December 1896. He succeeded as the 7th Baron Clifton of Rathmore, co. Meath on 14 December 1896. He succeeded as the 7th Earl of Darnley, co. Meath on 14 December 1896. He succeeded as the 7th Viscount Darnley of Athboy, co. Meath on 14 December 1896.
Contributor: Sandra Dobberson (48126249) • Jan-22-23
7th Earl of Darnley.
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: Edward Henry Stuart Bligh, 7th Earl of Darnley was born on 21 August 1851. He was the son of John Stuart Bligh, 6th Earl of Darnley and Lady Harriet Mary Pelham. He was styled Lord Clifton until 1896, lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was an English landowner and aristocrat who played first-class cricket for Kent and for other amateur sides in the 1870s. He was born and died at the English home of the Earls of Darnley, Cobham Hall, at Cobham, near Gravesend in Kent.
"(Lord) Clifton"—as he often signed—was a well-known ornithologist.
Described as "having a fearsome temper and being profligate", Bligh matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 8 June 1870. In 1896, Bligh succeeded his father as the Earl of Darnley and "spent money like water", greatly reducing the wealth of the Darnleys.
On 26 January 1899, he married Jemima Adeline Beatrice Blackwood, daughter of Francis J. L. Blackwood, by whom he had one daughter: Elizabeth Bligh, 17th Baroness Clifton (1900–1937).
Upon his death on 31 October 1900 at age 49, without male issue, he was succeeded as Earl of Darnley by his brother Ivo and as Baron Clifton by his infant daughter, Elizabeth.
He succeeded as the 16th Lord Clifton, of Leighton Bromswold on 14 December 1896. He succeeded as the 7th Baron Clifton of Rathmore, co. Meath on 14 December 1896. He succeeded as the 7th Earl of Darnley, co. Meath on 14 December 1896. He succeeded as the 7th Viscount Darnley of Athboy, co. Meath on 14 December 1896.
Contributor: Sandra Dobberson (48126249) • Jan-22-23
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: Edward Henry Stuart Bligh, 7th Earl of Darnley was born on 21 August 1851. He was the son of John Stuart Bligh, 6th Earl of Darnley and Lady Harriet Mary Pelham. He was styled Lord Clifton until 1896, lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was an English landowner and aristocrat who played first-class cricket for Kent and for other amateur sides in the 1870s. He was born and died at the English home of the Earls of Darnley, Cobham Hall, at Cobham, near Gravesend in Kent.
"(Lord) Clifton"—as he often signed—was a well-known ornithologist.
Described as "having a fearsome temper and being profligate", Bligh matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 8 June 1870. In 1896, Bligh succeeded his father as the Earl of Darnley and "spent money like water", greatly reducing the wealth of the Darnleys.
On 26 January 1899, he married Jemima Adeline Beatrice Blackwood, daughter of Francis J. L. Blackwood, by whom he had one daughter: Elizabeth Bligh, 17th Baroness Clifton (1900–1937).
Upon his death on 31 October 1900 at age 49, without male issue, he was succeeded as Earl of Darnley by his brother Ivo and as Baron Clifton by his infant daughter, Elizabeth.
He succeeded as the 16th Lord Clifton, of Leighton Bromswold on 14 December 1896. He succeeded as the 7th Baron Clifton of Rathmore, co. Meath on 14 December 1896. He succeeded as the 7th Earl of Darnley, co. Meath on 14 December 1896. He succeeded as the 7th Viscount Darnley of Athboy, co. Meath on 14 December 1896.
Contributor: Sandra Dobberson (48126249) • Jan-22-23
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