Sir Robert Clifton KB was 5th Baronet Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire.
Background
Robert was the eldest son of Sir Gervase Clifton, 4th Baronet, and his wife Anne. He was imprisoned briefly with his father during the Jacobite Rising of 1715. He married on 27 June 1723, Frances Coote (d 1733), daughter of Nanfan Coote, 2nd Earl of Bellomont, and had:.
Career
Frances Clifton, married in 1747 to George Carpenter, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell
They had no issue. Gervase Clifton, later 6th Baronet
He was made a Knight of the Bath in 1725, and succeeded his father to the baronetcy in 1731. for East Retford between 1727 and 1741. In 1741 he came bottom of the poll, despite large bribes paid by his mother-in-law, Lady Lombe, to potential voters.
In 1746 he was imprisoned for debt.
He expressed interest to re-enter parliament but found little support in his attempts to stand at Retford in 1747 and Nottingham in 1758.
Membership
7th Parliament of Great Britain. 8th Parliament of Great Britain.