Theophilus Clinton, 4th Earl of Lincoln

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In will of father called "«b»Sir Theophilus Fines, Lord Clinton and Say«/b»".

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Sir Theophilus Clinton, 4th Earl of Lincoln was born circa 1600.«sup»3«/sup» He was the son of «u»Thomas Clinton, 3rd Earl of Lincoln «/u» and «u»Elizabeth Knyvett«/u».«sup»2«/sup» He married, secondly, «u»Elizabeth Gorges «/u», daughter of «u»Sir Arthur Gorges «/u» and «u»Lady Elizabeth Clinton «/u».«sup»3«/sup» He married, firstly, «u»Bridget Fiennes «/u», daughter of «u»William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Say and Sele «/u», circa 1622.«sup»3«/sup» He died on 21 May 1667,, having by his 1st wife had:.«sup»3«/sup» Sir Theophilus Clinton, 4th Earl of Lincoln was also known as Theophilus Fiennes.«sup»3«/sup» He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) in 1616.«sup»3«/sup» He succeeded to the title of «i»12th Lord Clinton [E., 1299]«/i» on 15 January 1618/19.«sup»3«/sup» He succeeded to the title of «i»4th Earl of Lincoln [E., 1572]«/i» on 15 January 1618/19.«sup»3«/sup» He was educated at «u»Queens' College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England«/u».«sup»3«/sup» He was he raised 300 volunteers to assist the dispossessed Elector Palatine, brother-in-law of King Charles I, during the Thirty Years War in November 1624.«sup»3«/sup» In 1626 he was imprisoned in the Tower of London for opposing King Charles I's forced loan.«sup»3«/sup» He gained the rank of Colonel in 1642 in the service of the Regiment of Foot, Parliamentarian Army.«sup»3«/sup» He was Resident Commissioner for Parliament with the Scottish Army on 16 December 1645.«sup»3«/sup» He held the office of Speaker of the House of Lords on 1 August 1647.«sup»3«/sup» He was Commissioner for the Colonies in December 1660.«sup»3«/sup» On 5 May 1675 married 2nd his cousin Elizabeth (buried ), daughter of Sir Arthur Gorges, of Chelsea, by Elizabeth, daughter of 2nd EARL OF LINCOLN and widow of Sir Robert Stanley.«sup»3«/sup» «b»Children of Sir Theophilus Clinton, 4th Earl of Lincoln and «u»Bridget Fiennes «/u» «tab»«u»«/b»Lady Catharine Clinton «/u»«b»+«/b» d. c Jul 1643«sup»1«/sup» «u»«tab»Lady Arabella Clinton «/u»«b»+«/b» «sup»2«/sup» «u»«tab»Margaret Trefusis «/u»«b»+«/b» d. c Oct 1688«sup»2«/sup» «u»«tab»Edward Clinton, Lord Clinton «/u»«b»+«/b» b. 30 Dec 1624, d. b 21 Apr 1657«sup»2«/sup» «b»1. «/b»George Edward Cokayne, editor, «i»The Complete Baronetage«/i», 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume I, page 14. Hereinafter cited as «i»The Complete Baronetage«/i». «b» 2. «/b»Charles Mosley, editor, «i»Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes«/i» (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003). Hereinafter cited as «i»Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition«/i». «b»3. «/b»Charles Mosley, «i»Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition«/i», volume 1, page 824.

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