Clifford family (bankers)

Not to be confused with the Clifford family of nobles.

Clifford
family
Coat of arms
Country Netherlands
United Kingdom
Founded16th century
FounderJohn Clifford
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The Clifford family was a family of bankers, merchants, and regents of English descent who were active in Amsterdam during the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. The family originated in northern England, although the surname originated in the village of Clifford, Herefordshire.[1] Northern England was the home of the noble Clifford family, since Roger Clifford was born in Cumberland and died at Brough Castle in Westmorland. There is no evidence that the Clifford banking family is descended from a nobleman named Clifford who fought for William I of England.[2]

  1. ^ Family tree of the Clifford family
  2. ^ Bouvy, A & Oetgens van Waveren Pancras Clifford (1991) De Nederlandse Leeuw, pp. 81-103.