Two years after the death of LAC
's uncle
, his son
died too. The male line had failed; the family estates finally came into Clifford's hands.
Spence, Richard T. Lady Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery. Sutton Publishing, 1997.
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Oliphant, Margaret. The Days of My Life. An Autobiography. Hurst and Blackett, 1857, 3 vols.
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Wealth and Poverty
Lady Anne Clifford
He had made his brother Francis
the heir to his property (on which heavy debts were outstanding); Francis was also, inevitably, heir to his earldom.
Clifford, Lady Anne. “Introduction / Annotations / Bibliography”. The Diary of Anne Clifford, 1616-1619, edited by Katherine O. Acheson, Garland, 1995, pp. 1 - 37, 133.
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Spence, Richard T. Lady Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery. Sutton Publishing, 1997.