Clotworthy Upton, 1st Baron Templetown (14 March 1721 – 16 April 1785) was an

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courtier and peer. He was the youngest son of Lieutenant Colonel John Upton, of

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, by his wife Mary Upton, only daughter of Dr Francis Upton. He served as Clerk Comptroller to Augusta, Dowager Princess of Wales between 1761 and 1772. In 1768 he succeeded to the family estates following the deaths of both of his brothers. On 3 August 1776 he was created Baron Templetown, of Templetown in the County of Antrim in the

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, and assumed his seat in the

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Marriage and succession

He married Elizabeth Boughton, a

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to the Princess Amelia, on 25 August 1769. He was succeeded in his title by his eldest legitimate son, John Upton, who was created Viscount Templetown in 1806.''A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire''
(Henry Colburn, 1839), p.1026.

References

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