Sir Juckes Granville Juckes-Clifton, 8th Baronet (1769—1852) was 8th Baronet Clifton of

Clifton, Nottinghamshire Clifton is a large suburban village and historic manor in the city of Nottingham, England. In 2020 it had an estimated population of 22,749. Clifton has two council wards in the City of Nottingham (Clifton West and Clifton East as of 2018) ...

. and

High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire This is a list of the High Sheriffs of the English county of Nottinghamshire. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuri ...

in 1820.

Family

He was the second son of

Sir Gervase Clifton, 6th Baronet Two unrelated baronetcies have been created in the surname of Clifton. The Clifton Baronetcy, of Clifton in the County of Nottinghamshire, was created in the Baronetage of England on 22 May 1611 for Sir Gervas Clifton, of Clifton Hall, Nottingh ...

, and wife Frances. He was educated at

Rugby School Rugby School is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. Up ...

. He married in 1794 Margaret de Lancy, daughter of James de Lancy of Bath. They had no children. He married again in 1821, to Marianne Swinfen (d 1860), daughter of John Swinfen of Swinfen, Staffordshire. The children from this marriage were: *Sir

Robert Juckes Clifton Sir Robert Juckes Clifton, 9th Baronet (24 December 1826 – 30 May 1869) was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1861 and 1869. Clifton was the son of Sir Juckes Granville Juckes-Clifton, ...

, later 9th Baronet *Marianne Margaret Clifton (d 1891), married in 1842 the Rt Hon.

Sir Henry Hervey Bruce, 3rd Baronet Sir Henry Hervey Bruce, 3rd Baronet (22 September 1820 – 8 December 1907) was an Irish Conservative politician. He was Member of Parliament for Coleraine from 1862 to 1874, and from 1880 to 1885. In 1842 he married Marianne Margaret Clifton ( ...

(d 1907), of Downhill, co. Londonderry

Career

In 1790 he inherited the estate of his great-uncle the Rev. Juckes Egerton, of Trelydon, Montgomeryshire, and assumed by Royal Licence the sole surname of Juckes. He succeeded his brother

Sir Robert Clifton, 7th Baronet Sir Robert Clifton (1767–1837) was 7th Baronet Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire and High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1820. Family He was the eldest son of Sir Gervase Clifton, 6th Baronet, and wife Frances. He succeeded his father in 1815 ...

as 8th Baronet in 1837, and consequently took the additional surname of Clifton by Royal Licence. He courted local controversy when he attempted to close off public access to the Clifton Grove walk on his estate Retrieved on 23 September 2008. and after a public outcry, this was abandoned.The Midland counties railway companion. Also, guides to the London and Birmingham, and Birmingham and Derby junction railways. Midland counties railway 1840 He served as

in 1840. Sir Juckes restored

St. Mary's Church, Clifton St Mary's Church is a parish church in the Church of England in Clifton, Nottinghamshire, Clifton, Nottinghamshire. The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a building of outstanding architectura ...

at his own expense in 1852.

References

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