Background
He was born into a prestigious Lancashire family, the son of Thomas Joseph Clifton of Lytham Hall, Lytham, Lancashire and his wife Hatty Treves.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
He was born into a prestigious Lancashire family, the son of Thomas Joseph Clifton of Lytham Hall, Lytham, Lancashire and his wife Hatty Treves.
He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford and succeeded his father to the Lytham estate in 1851.
This article is about John Talbot Clifton Member of Parliament (1819–1882). He served as a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Lancashire and was a colonel in the 1st Royal Lancashire Militia. He was elected to Parliament as Member of Parliament for North Lancashire for 1844–1847, but was a losing candidate in the 1859 election for Preston.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1853.
Clifton died in Algeria in 1882 and was buried at Street Cuthberts church, Lytham. A grade II listed drinking fountain as a monument to his memory now stands in Lytham"s Sparrow Park.
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John Talbot Clifton (5 March 1819 – 16 April 1882) was an English landowner and Member of Parliament.