Education
He was educated at Oxford University, from which he had his Master of Arts in 1588, and represented the constituencies of Lincolnshire in 1601 and Great Grimsby from 1604 to 1610.
He was educated at Oxford University, from which he had his Master of Arts in 1588, and represented the constituencies of Lincolnshire in 1601 and Great Grimsby from 1604 to 1610.
In the latter year, he entered the House of Lords by a writ of acceleration as Baron Clinton de Say. He was the son of Henry Clinton, 2nd Earl of Lincoln, and Lady Catherine Hastings, a daughter of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, and Catherine Pole. He inherited the earldom in 1616.
Theophilus Clinton, 4th Earl of Lincoln, 12th Baron Clinton (c 1600 - London, 21 May 1667), married firstly by 1622 the Honorary
Edward Clinton, Baron Clinton (1624 - London, 1657), married by 1652 Lady Anne Holles (died London, October 1707), and had:
Lady Frances Clinton
Lady Arabella Clinton (died Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, August 1630), married Isaac Johnson
Lady Susan Clinton, married John Humphrey. They emigrated to America
Lady Dorcas Clinton
Lady Sara Clinton
Lady Ann, married Sir James Harrington and also emigrated to America, where she died in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Christmas Day in 1632.
He died in Tattershall.
Before being removed to the Upper House on 14 February 1610, Thomas Lord Clinton was a member of the Lower, serving as an English representative in the Anglo-Scottish Union Commission established in June, 1604.