| LC control no. | no2009002258 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Clinton, Edward Fiennes de, Earl of Lincoln, 1512-1585 |
| Variant(s) | Clynton, E. (Edward), 1512-1585 Fiennes de Clinton, Edward, Earl of Lincoln, 1512-1585 Lincoln, Edward Fiennes de Clinton, Earl of, 1512-1585 Clinton, Edward Fiennes de Clinton, Baron, 1512-1585 Fiennes, Edward, Baron Clinton, 1512-1585 Clinton and Saye, Edward Fiennes de Clinton, Baron, 1512-1585 Clynton et Say, Edwardus Fenys de, Baro, 1512-1585 Fenys, Edwardus, Baro de Clynton et Say, 1512-1585 Fenys de Clynton et Say, Edwardus, 1512-1585 Clinton, Lord, 1512-1585 |
| See also | Assistant to: Somerset, Edward Seymour, Duke of, 1506?-1552 Chief executive of: England and Wales. Royal Navy Corporate body: England and Wales. Privy Council Employer: England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I) Employer: England and Wales. Sovereign (1553-1558 : Mary I) Employer: England and Wales. Sovereign (1547-1553 : Edward VI) Employer: England and Wales. Sovereign (1536-1547 : Henry VIII) |
| Associated country | England England and Wales |
| Associated place | Boulogne-sur-Mer (France) Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead, England) |
| Located | Tattershall (England) Sempringham (England) Lincolnshire (England) |
| Birth date | 1512 |
| Death date | 1585-01-16 |
| Place of birth | Scrivelsby (England) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Naval art and science England and Wales. Royal Navy--Management Diplomacy Privy councils Great Britain--Politics and government Great Britain--Foreign relations Administration of estates Naval administration Patronage |
| Affiliation | Order of the Garter St. George's Chapel (Windsor Castle) England and Wales. Royal Navy England and Wales. Privy Council England and Wales. Privy Council |
| Profession or occupation | Admirals England and Wales. Royal Navy--Officers Statesmen Diplomats England and Wales. Privy Council--Officials and employees Landowners Benefactors Patron |
| Found in | Letters patent from Elizabeth I, Queen of England, to Andrew van Loe, 1568 November 5 (E. Clynton) Oxford DNB [via www, 17 Sept 2008] (Clinton, Edward Fiennes de, first earl of Lincoln (1512-1585), military commander) Bourne, William. A regiment for the sea, and other writings on navigation, 1963: page xiii (Edward Fiennes, Lord Clinton (1512-1585); first appointed Lord Admiral 1550-1554, created Earl of Lincoln in 1572); principal patron of William Bourne of Gravesend) VIAF, 20 May 2019 (authorized access points in VIAF cluster: Clinton, Edward Fiennes de 1512-1585, Clinton, Edward Fiennes de, Earl of Lincoln, 1512-1585, Clinton, Edward, 1512-1584, Clinton, Edward Fiennes de, Earl of Lincoln (English aristocrat, 1512-1585), Edward Fiennes de, Earl of Lincoln Clinton (Wikidata); VIAF ID: 88669043 (Personal); forms with Lincoln as entry element present in VIAF only as variant access points) <http://viaf.org/viaf/88669043> Getty ULAN, 20 May 2019 (authorized access point: Clinton, Edward Fiennes de, Earl of Lincoln (English aristocrat, 1512-1585); preferred name: Clinton, Edward Fiennes de, Earl of Lincoln; other names: Edward Fiennes de Clinton, Earl of Lincoln, Clinton, Edward Fiennes de, Clinton, Edward Fiennes de, 1st Earl of Lincoln; nationality: English; roles: aristocrat, patron; gender: male; born: Scrivelsby (Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom); note: son of Thomas Clinton, 8th Baron Clinton (1490-1517), by Jane Poynings; ID: 500315962) <http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500315962> Oxford dictionary of national biography online, 20 May 2019 (Clinton, Edward Fiennes de, first earl of Lincoln (1512-1585); forms of name within entry: Clinton through most of article, until became Earl of Lincoln at age 60, then Lincoln; military commander; only son and heir of Thomas Fiennes de Clinton, 8th Baron Clinton and Saye (c.1490-7 August 1517); 9th Baron Clinton, was granted possession of father's lands November 1535, aged 23; summoned to parliament 27 April 1536, by writ addressed to "Edwardo Fenys de Clynton et Say"; attended Henry VIII, served in royal army to suppress rebels of Pilgrimage of Grace; granted house and site of dissolved monastery of Sempringham, Lincolnshire, houses and sites of 3 dissolved priories; obtained additional lands through marriages and royal grants; in 1544, served in Scottish expedition under command of John Dudley, then Viscount Lisle [later Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland] and lord admiral; knighted 11 May 1544; June 1547, Protector Somerset appointed Clinton admiral of fleet in invasion of Scotland; by April 1549, governor of Boulogne, defending it 1549-1550; appointment May 1550 as privy councillor, lord high admiral of England for life, and gentleman of the king's [Edward VI's] privy chamber; 30 June 1551: installed as knight of the Garter; granted the former Howard estate at Tattershall, Lincolnshire, his principal seat, with Sempringham as 2nd residence; pardoned by Mary I for role in 1553 plot to put Lady Jane Grey on throne, but not allowed to continue as lord high admiral; served as diplomatic envoy, co-leader of force to assist in duke of Savoy's siege of St Quentin; reappointed as lord high admiral on 12 February 1558, named to Mary's privy council; November 1558, appointed member of Elizabeth I's privy council; 1559-1560 and 1563, led fleet against French; 24 November 1569, Clinton and [Ambrose Dudley, Earl of] Warwick appointed lieutenants-general of forces to suppress rising of the northern earls; 4 May 1572: created earl of Lincoln in reward for services; June 1572, last major service, sent to Paris to ratify treaty of Blois; continued as lord admiral, member of the privy council until death; died in London 16 January 1585, aged 72; buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor (Lincoln chapel there named in his honour); eldest son: Henry (1540-1616), later 10th Baron Clinton and 2nd earl of Lincoln) Wikipedia, 20 May 2019 (Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln; Edward Fiennes de Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, KG (1512-16 January 1584/85); forms of name within entry: Edward Clinton, Clinton; English nobleman and Lord High Admiral; valuable service to 4 Tudor monarchs; born at Scrivelsby in Lincolnshire; succeeded father in 1517 as 9th Baron Clinton; joined retinue of King Henry VIII at Boulogne and Calais, 1532; attended Parliament of 1536, served in Royal Navy against French and Scottish naval forces 1544-1547; appointed Governor of Boulogne in 1547, successfully defended against French siege 1549-1550; Lord High Admiral: under King Edward VI 1550-1553, again 1559-1585; Privy Counsellor 1550-1553; appointment as Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire in 1552; created Earl of Lincoln in 1572; ambassador to France, undertook several commissions from Queen Elizabeth I until death in London 16 January 1585) Wikidata, 20 May 2019 (Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln (Q1291914); also known as: Edward Fiennes de Clinton, Edward Fiennes de, Earl of Lincoln Clinton, Edward Fiennes de, 1st Earl of Lincoln Clinton, Earl of Lincoln Edward Fiennes Clinton, Edward Fiennes Clinton, Earl of Lincoln; description: English admiral; sex or gender: male; given name: Edward; noble title: Earl of Lincoln; date of birth: 1512, Gregorian; date of death: 16 January 1585, Gregorian; place of death: London; child: Henry Clinton, 2nd Earl of Lincoln; occupation: diplomat; position held: Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom [i.e., England and Wales]) <http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1291914> |
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