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EDWARD FIENNES CLINTON

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 703 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EDWARD See also:FIENNES See also:CLINTON , 9th See also:Lord Clinton (1512-1585), lord high See also:admiral and the See also:husband of See also:Henry VIII.'s See also:mistress, See also:Elizabeth See also:Blount, was created See also:earl of See also:Lincoln in 1572. Before his See also:elevation he had rendered very valuable services both on See also:sea and See also:land to Edward VI., to See also:Mary and to Elizabeth, and he was in the confidence of the leading men of these reigns, including See also:William See also:Cecil, Lord See also:Burghley. From 1572 until the See also:present See also:day the See also:title has been held by Clinton's descendants. In 1768 Henry Clinton, the 9th earl (1720-1794), succeeded his See also:uncle See also:Thomas See also:Pelham as 2nd See also:duke of See also:Newcastle-under-Lyne, and since this date the title of earl of Lincoln has been the See also:courtesy title of the eldest son of the duke of Newcastle. See G. E. C.(okayne), See also:Complete See also:Peerage, vol. v. (1893).

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