Biography of Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox 1592-1637

In 1591 [her father] Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton [aged 21] and [her mother] Katherine Darcy [aged 20] were married. They were half fifth cousin once removed.

Around 1592 Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox was born to [her father] Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton [aged 22] and [her mother] Katherine Darcy [aged 21].

In 1608 [her father] Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton [aged 38] was created 1st Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire by writ of summons enabling descent by the female line.

In 1609 Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 30] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 17] were married. He the son of Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox.

In 1610 [her daughter] Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arundel and Norfolk was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 31] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 18]. She married 7th March 1626 her half fifth cousin Henry Howard 15th or 22nd Earl of Arundel 5th Earl of Surrey 2nd Earl Norfolk, son of Thomas Howard 14th or 21st Earl of Arundel 4th Earl of Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk and Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk, and had issue.

On 6th April 1612 [her son] James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 33] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 20]. He married 3rd August 1637 his half fifth cousin once removed Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond, daughter of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham and Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham, and had issue.

In 1614 [her daughter] Anne Stewart was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 35] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 22]. She married 1628 her fourth cousin once removed Archibald Douglas 1st Earl Ormonde 12th Earl Angus, son of William Douglas 1st Marquess Douglas and Margaret Hamilton Countess Angus, and had issue.

In 1616 [her son] Francis Stewart was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 37] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 24]. He died aged one in 1617.

In 1616 [her son] Henry Stewart was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 37] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 24].

In 1617 [her son] Francis Stewart [aged 1] died.

In 1617 [her daughter] Frances Stewart Countess Portland was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 38] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 25]. She married 10th June 1632 Jerome Weston 2nd Earl of Portland, son of Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland, and had issue.

In 1618 [her daughter] Margaret Stewart died.

In 1618 [her daughter] Margaret Stewart was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 39] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 26]. She died aged less than one years old.

On 23rd March 1618 James Hamilton 1st Earl Abercorn [aged 42] died. His son [her future husband] James [aged 14] succeeded 2nd Earl Abercorn.

On 17th July 1618 [her son] George Stewart 9th Seigneur D'Aubigny was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 39] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 26]. He married May 1638 his half fifth cousin once removed Catherine Howard Countess Newburgh, daughter of Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk and Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk, and had issue.

On 14th October 1618 [her father] Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton [aged 48] stabbed himself to death in the Fleet Prison [Map]. His daughter Katherine [aged 26] succeeded 2nd Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire. According to a letter from Reverend Thomas Lorkin the date was the 5th of October and the location "at his lodgings in Holborn" - see Letter.

In 1619 [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 40] was created 1st Earl March. Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 27] by marriage Countess March.

On 14th October 1619 [her son] Cardinal Ludovic Stewart 10th Lord Aubigny was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 40] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 27] at March House.

On 16th June 1621 [her brother-in-law] Ludovic Stewart 2nd Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond [aged 46] and Frances Howard Duchess Lennox and Richmond [aged 42] were married. She by marriage Duchess Lennox. He the son of Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox. They were fifth cousin once removed.

On 23rd October 1621 [her son] John Stewart was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 42] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 29].

On 16th February 1624 [her brother-in-law] Ludovic Stewart 2nd Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond [aged 49] died. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Duke Richmond and Earl Newcastle upon Tyne extinct. His brother [her husband] Esmé [aged 45] succeeded 3rd Duke Lennox. Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 32] by marriage Duchess Lennox.

On 30th July 1624 [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 45] died. His son James [aged 12] succeeded 4th Duke Lennox, 2nd Earl March.

On 7th March 1626 [her son-in-law] Henry Howard 15th or 22nd Earl of Arundel 5th Earl of Surrey 2nd Earl Norfolk [aged 17] and Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arundel and Norfolk [aged 16] were married. She the daughter of Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 34]. He the son of Thomas Howard 14th or 21st Earl of Arundel 4th Earl of Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk [aged 40] and Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk [aged 41]. They were half fifth cousins.

In 1627 James Hamilton 2nd Earl Abercorn [aged 23] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 35] were married. She by marriage Baroness Hamilton of Strabane. He the son of James Hamilton 1st Earl Abercorn and Marion Boyd Countess Abercorn [aged 44].

In 1628 [her son-in-law] Archibald Douglas 1st Earl Ormonde 12th Earl Angus [aged 19] and Anne Stewart [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 36]. He the son of William Douglas 1st Marquess Douglas [aged 39] and Margaret Hamilton Countess Angus. They were fourth cousin once removed.

In 1632 [her son] Henry Stewart [aged 16] died.

On 10th June 1632 [her son-in-law] Jerome Weston 2nd Earl of Portland [aged 26] and Frances Stewart Countess Portland [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 40]. He the son of Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland [aged 55] and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland [aged 55].

Around 1635 [her son] James Hamilton was born to [her husband] James Hamilton 2nd Earl Abercorn [aged 31] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 43]. He married 28th April 1653 Catherine Lenthall and had issue.

Around 1636 [her son] George Hamilton 3rd Earl Abercorn was born to [her husband] James Hamilton 2nd Earl Abercorn [aged 32] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 44].

In August 1637 [her mother] Katherine Darcy [aged 66] died.

On 3rd August 1637 James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond [aged 25] and Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Duchess Lennox. She the daughter of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham and Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham [aged 35]. He the son of Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 45]. They were half fifth cousin once removed.

Before 17th September 1637 Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 45] died. She was buried on 17th September 1637. Her son James [aged 25] succeeded 3rd Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.

In 1670 [her former husband] James Hamilton 2nd Earl Abercorn [aged 66] died. His son George [aged 34] succeeded 3rd Earl Abercorn. His brother Claud succeeded 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane.

[her son] William Hamilton was born to James Hamilton 2nd Earl Abercorn and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox.

[her son] Bernard Stewart was born to Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox.