Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland (1559 – 4 January 1641) was a member of the Clifford family which held the seat of Skipton

Skipton

Skipton is a market town and civil parish within the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located along the course of both the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the River Aire, on the south side of the Yorkshire Dales, northwest of Bradford and west of York...

 from 1310 to 1676.

He was the son of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland

Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland

Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland was a member of the Clifford family which held the seat of Skipton from 1310 to 1676. He was married to Lady Eleanor Brandon, a niece of Henry VIII of England.-Family:...

 and Anne Dacre

Anne Dacre

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 and inherited his title and estates on the death of his brother George

George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland

Sir George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, KG was an English peer, as well as a naval commander and courtier in the court of Queen Elizabeth I.-Background:...

, who had willed them to him in place of his daughter Anne.

He married Grisold Hughes, daughter of Thomas Hughes

Thomas Hughes

Thomas Hughes was an English lawyer and author. He is most famous for his novel Tom Brown's Schooldays , a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended. It had a lesser-known sequel, Tom Brown at Oxford .- Biography :Hughes was the second son of John Hughes, editor of...

 and Elizabeth Dwnn (or Don), daughter of Sir Griffith Dwnn (or Don) and Elizabeth Roche-Eden, circa March 1589.

Children of Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland and Grisold Hughes:

• Lady Frances Clifford, married Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet
  Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet
  Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet , K.B. was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1666. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.-Political career:...
  
  
• Lady Margaret Clifford (died 1622) married Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
  Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
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• Henry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland
  Henry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland
  Henry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland was a member of the Clifford family which held the seat of Skipton from 1310 to 1676. He was the son of Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland and Grisold Hughes. He married Frances Cecil , daughter of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Elizabeth Brooke...
  
  b. 28 Feb 1591/92, d. 11 Dec 1643

He died on 21 January 1640/41.