Henry Agar-Ellis, 3rd Viscount Clifden (25 February 1825 – 20 February 1866), styled the Lord Dover from 1833 to 1836, was an Irish courtier and racehorse owner. Viscount Clifden was the eldest son of George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover, and his wife Lady Georgiana, daughter of

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. He succeeded as Baron Dover on the death of his father in 1833 and in the viscountcy of Clifden on the death of his grandfather in 1836. He was educated at Eton and

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, and served as a

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to the

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from 1846 to 1852. He owned the successful racehorses,

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and her son,

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. Lord Clifden married Eliza Horatia Frederica, daughter of Frederick Charles William Seymour, in 1861. He died in February 1866, aged 40, and was succeeded in his titles by his only son Henry. Lady Clifden was later a Lady of the Bedchamber from 1867 to 1872 and was appointed a Lady of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert (3rd Class). On 12 October 1873 she married Sir Walter George Stirling of Faskine, 3rd Baronet. She died in April 1896, aged 62.

References

Bulletins from the London Gazette 10 August 1846

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Clifden, Henry Agar-Ellis, 3rd Viscount Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford People educated at Eton College Owners of Epsom Derby winners Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland 1825 births 1866 deaths