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Sir Arthur Benjamin Clifton

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KSW (17718 March 1869) was a British soldier who fought in the

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and commanded the Second Union Cavalry Brigade at the

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on 18June 1815.

Biography

Clifton was the third son of Sir Gervase Clifton, 6th Baronet, (1744–1815), one time

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. Educated at

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, he entered the army in 1794. He served throughout the

and received the gold medal and one clasp for service at the battles of Fuentes de Oñoro and Vittoria. On the death of Major General Sir William Ponsonby at Waterloo, Clifton commanded the 2nd Union Cavalry Brigade. He was subsequently promoted to the rank of

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. He was appointed Knight Commander of the

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(KCB) in the 1838 Coronation Honours, and raised to Knight Grand Cross (GCB) in 1861. He died unmarried on 8March 1869 aged 98 at his residence in the

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, Brighton.

Family

He was the brother of

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 181 ...

, Sir

Juckes Granville Juckes-Clifton Sir Juckes Granville Juckes-Clifton, 8th Baronet (1769—1852) was 8th Baronet Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire. and High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1820. Family He was the second son of Sir Gervase Clifton, 6th Baronet, and wife Frances. ...

, 8th Baronet and Frances Egerton Clifton who married the Ven. Robert Markham, archdeacon of York, in 1797.

References

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