Henry Clinton, 2nd Earl of Lincoln

Henry Clinton or Fiennes, 2nd Earl of Lincoln, KB (1539 – 29 September 1616) was an English peer, styled 10th Baron Clinton from 1572 to 1585.^[1]

Life

He was the son of Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, by second wife Ursula Stourton. He was made a Knight of the Bath in 1553. He was returned to the House of Commons, representing the constituency of Lincolnshire in 1571. He was commissioned a captain of horse in the Royal army in 1569.

He was also Vice-Admiral of Lincolnshire and Vice-Admiral of Yorkshire.

He inherited the earldom and barony from his father Edward in 1585. By his father's will, which Henry contested, he inherited Tattershall Castle; but his wife Elizabeth had a life interest in the family property at Sempringham.^[2] Subsequently, Clinton feuded with the poet Tailboys Dymoke, son of his brother-in-law Robert Dymoke, over some obnoxious verses.^[3]

He died at Sempringham, and was succeeded by his son Thomas Clinton, 3rd Earl of Lincoln.

Family

He married firstly in 1555 or 1557 Lady Catherine Hastings (born 11 August 1542), a daughter of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, and Catherine Pole, and had:

Thomas Clinton, 3rd Earl of Lincoln
Sir Edward Clinton, married Mary Dighton, and had:
- Francis Clinton, married Priscilla Hill, and had:
  - Francis Clinton, 6th Earl of Lincoln
  - Lady Priscilla Clinton, married Sir Willoughby d'Ewes, 2d Baronet, of Stowlangtoft Hall (died 13 June 1685)
Lady Elizabeth Clinton, married Sir Arthur Gorges

He married secondly after 20 October 1586 Elizabeth Morrison (died c. 4 July 1611), and had two children by her:

Sir Henry Clinton (1587-1641), married firstly Eleanor Harrington, married secondly in 1624 Elizabeth Hickman, and had issue
Kendal Clinton.

References

^ Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 2. London: Longmans, Green. pp. 382–383.
^ Duffin, Anne. "Clinton, Edward". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5679. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Larkum, Eleri. "Dymoke, Tailboys". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6985. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Peerage of England
Preceded by Edward Clinton	Earl of Lincoln 1585–1616	Succeeded by Thomas Clinton
Preceded by Edward Clinton	Baron Clinton (descended by acceleration) 1585–1610	Succeeded by Thomas Clinton

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[baronage-1] Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 2. London: Longmans, Green. pp. 382–383.

[2] Duffin, Anne. "Clinton, Edward". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5679. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[3] Larkum, Eleri. "Dymoke, Tailboys". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6985. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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