Baron Clinton

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Baron Clinton is an ancient English peerage title, one of the oldest in the House of Lords, historically associated with prominent noble families and often held as a subsidiary dignity by higher-ranking peers.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Baron Clinton canonical 1
Lord Clinton 1
Pelham Clinton 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf barony
peerage title
associatedWithHouseOfLords true
associatedWithNobleHouse House of Clinton
House of Pelham-Clinton
linked to: Pelham family

Trefusis family of Trefusis
linked to: Trefusis family
canFallIntoAbeyance true
category Ancient English baronies
Baronies in the Peerage of England
country Kingdom of England
createdBy King Edward I of England
linked to: Edward I of England
creationDate 1298
creationType by writ
firstHolder John de Clinton, 1st Baron Clinton
firstHolderTitle John de Clinton, 1st Baron Clinton
firstSummonedBy Edward I of England
firstSummonsToParliament 6 February 1299
hasMultipleCreations true
hasSpecialRemainderPotential true
hasWikipediaArticle true
heldAsSubsidiaryTitleOf Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
Earl of Clinton
Earl of Devon
Earl of Huntingdon
Earl of Lincoln
heldByFamily Clinton family
Pelham-Clinton family
Trefusis family
historicalImportance one of the oldest English baronies still extant or historically significant
inheritanceRule heirs general
isAmongOldestBaronies true
isAncientTitle true
isHereditary true
laterJurisdiction United Kingdom
linkedToRegion Cornwall
Devon
Warwickshire
nobleRank baron
notableHolder Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln
Henry Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
Robert George William Trefusis, 17th Baron Clinton
parliamentaryStatus barony by writ
seatAssociatedWith Maxstoke Castle
seatCounty Warwickshire
styleOfHolder Lord Clinton
linked to: Baron Clinton
titleStatus extant (subject to abeyance or complex succession at times)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baron Clinton styleOfHolder Lord Clinton
linked to: Baron Clinton
Pelham-Clinton hasVariant Pelham Clinton
linked to: Baron Clinton