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Clifford rose in the world as an accomplished jouster, becoming Queen Elizabeth's second champion on the retirement of Sir Henry Lee. She made him a Knight of the Garter in 1592 and he sat as a peer in the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots. He turned to sailing as a career at some point, commanding a ship in the Anglo-Spanish War. He had little success during the war but was later renowned for his naval battles against the Spanish fleet, and particularly Spanish shipping, in the Caribbean. He help to set up an expedition with Walter Raleigh which led to the capture of the very rich carrack Madre de Deus off Flores in 1592. He had his own 38-gun ship built, the Scourge of Malice. He is famous for his short lived 1598 capture of Fort San Felipe del Morro, the citadel protecting San Juan, Puerto

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  • George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland
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  • Clifford rose in the world as an accomplished jouster, becoming Queen Elizabeth's second champion on the retirement of Sir Henry Lee. She made him a Knight of the Garter in 1592 and he sat as a peer in the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots. He turned to sailing as a career at some point, commanding a ship in the Anglo-Spanish War. He had little success during the war but was later renowned for his naval battles against the Spanish fleet, and particularly Spanish shipping, in the Caribbean. He help to set up an expedition with Walter Raleigh which led to the capture of the very rich carrack Madre de Deus off Flores in 1592. He had his own 38-gun ship built, the Scourge of Malice. He is famous for his short lived 1598 capture of Fort San Felipe del Morro, the citadel protecting San Juan, Puerto
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  • Clifford rose in the world as an accomplished jouster, becoming Queen Elizabeth's second champion on the retirement of Sir Henry Lee. She made him a Knight of the Garter in 1592 and he sat as a peer in the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots. He turned to sailing as a career at some point, commanding a ship in the Anglo-Spanish War. He had little success during the war but was later renowned for his naval battles against the Spanish fleet, and particularly Spanish shipping, in the Caribbean. He help to set up an expedition with Walter Raleigh which led to the capture of the very rich carrack Madre de Deus off Flores in 1592. He had his own 38-gun ship built, the Scourge of Malice. He is famous for his short lived 1598 capture of Fort San Felipe del Morro, the citadel protecting San Juan, Puerto Rico. He arrived in Puerto Rico on 15 June 1598 but by November of that year Clifford and his men had fled the island due to harsh civilian resistance. His buccaneering earned him quite a lot of money, but it seems that he lost so much at jousting and horse racing that he was eventually obligated to sell his inherited lands. Clifford was involved in the formation of the East India Company. Clifford died at The Savoy in Middlesex. Although he had two sons, Robert and Francis, they died before reaching the age of 5. He had only one surviving child, his daughter Anne Clifford, who inherited the barony and to whom he left £15,000 at his death. He left the vast majority of his estate to his brother Francis Clifford, who also inherited the earldom. His tomb is in Holy Trinity church, Skipton, adjacent to the family seat at Skipton Castle. A cabinet minitaure by Nicholas Hilliard, c. 1590, commemorates Clifford's appointment as the Queen's champion, showing him in tilting attire with the Queen's glove as her favor pinned to his hat.
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