2nd Baroness Clifton, Duchess consort of Lennox (c. 1592–1637) James Stewart, 4th Duke of Lennox, 3rd Baron Clifton (1612–1655) Esmé Stewart, 5th Duke of Lennox, 4th Baron Clifton (1649–1660) Mary Butler, 5th Baroness Clifton (1651–1668) Charles Stewart, 6th Duke of Lennox, 6th Baron Clifton (1639–1672) Katherine O'Brien, 7th Baroness Clifton (c. 1640–1702) Katherine Hyde, 8th Baroness Clifton (1663–1706) Edward Hyde, 9th Baron Clifton (1691–1713) Theodosia Bligh, 10th Baroness Clifton (1695–1722) Edward Bligh, 2nd Earl of Darnley, 11th Baron Clifton (1715–1747) John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley, 12th Baron Clifton (1719–1781) John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley, 13th Baron Clifton (1767–1831) Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley, 14th Baron Clifton (1795–1835) John Stuart Bligh, 6th Earl of Darnley, 15th Baron Clifton (1827–1896) Edward Henry Stuart Bligh, 7th Earl of Darnley, 16th Baron Clifton (1851–1900) Elizabeth Adeline Mary Bligh, 17th Baroness Clifton (1900-1937) Esme Ivo Bligh, 9th Earl of Darnley, 18th Baron Clifton (1886–1955) Peter Stuart Bligh, 10th Earl of Darnley, 19th Baron Clifton (1915–1980) Adam Ivo Stuart Bligh, 11th Earl of Darnley, 20th Baron Clifton (1941-2017) Ivo Donald Bligh, 12th Earl of Darnley, 21st Baron Clifton (b. 1968) Baron Clifton of Buckenham Castle, Norfolk (1376) The title of Baron Clifton "of Buckenham Castle, Norfolk" was created in 1376 and became extinct in 1447. The descent was as follows: John de Clifton, 1st Baron Clifton (d.1388), of Buckenham Castle in Norfolk, was summoned to Parliament in 1376 when he is deemed to have become Baron Clifton. He married Elizabeth Cromwell, a daughter and in her issue an heiress of Ralph de Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell (d.1398) of Tattershall in Lincolnshire. He died on the Island of Rhodes in 1388. Constantine de Clifton, 2nd Baron Clifton (1372-1395), son and heir, who married Margaret Howard, a daughter of Sir John Howard of Wigenhall in Norfolk. Constantine de Clifton, 3rd Baron Clifton (1394-1447), son and heir, who married Joan Thorpe, a daughter and co-heiress of John Thorpe of Ashwell Thorpe, but died without issue, when the barony became extinct. He was buried at Wymondham Abbey in Norfolk. His heiress was his only sister Elizabeth Clifford, wife of Sir John Knyvett, to whose descendants passed Buckenham Castle, sold in about 1650 by Sir Philip Knyvett, 1st Baronet (died 1655). (See Knyvett baronets "of Buckenham in the County of Norfolk"). References Attribution Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's