Edward Bligh, 7th Earl of Darnley
Edward Henry Stuart Bligh, 7th Earl of Darnley (21 August 1851 – 31 October 1900), styled Lord Clifton until 1896, was an English landowner and aristocrat who played first-class cricket for Kent and for other amateur sides in the 1870s.[1] He was born and died at the English home of the Earls of Darnley, Cobham Hall, at Cobham, near Gravesend in Kent.
He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 8 June 1870.[2] On 26 January 1899, he married Jemima Adeline Beatrice Blackwood, daughter of Francis J. L. Blackwood, by whom he had one daughter:[3]
- Elizabeth Bligh, 17th Baroness Clifton (1900–1937)
Upon his death on 31 October 1900, he was succeeded as Earl of Darnley by his brother Ivo and as Baron Clifton by his infant daughter Elizabeth.[3]
References
- ↑ "Player Profile: Lord Clifton". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ↑ Foster, Joseph, ed. (1891). Alumni Oxonienses 1715-1886. A–D. Oxford. p. 123.
- 1 2 Burke, Sir Bernard; Burke, Ashworth P. (1914). Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison & Sons. p. 571.
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| Peerage of Ireland | ||
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| Preceded by John Bligh |
Earl of Darnley 1896–1900 |
Succeeded by Ivo Bligh |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by John Bligh |
Baron Clifton 1896–1900 |
Succeeded by Elizabeth Bligh |
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