“ The 1st earl of Cumberland was Henry, 11th Lord Clifford (1493–1542) , a son of Henry, 10th Lord Clifford (c. 1454–1523) . Created an earl by Henry VIII. in 1525, Henry remained loyal during the great rising in the north of England in 1536, and died on the 22nd of April 1542. His son and successor, Henry, the 2nd earl (c. 1517–1570) , married Eleanor (d. 1547) , a daughter of Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk, and Mary, daughter of King Henry VII.; he had the tastes of a scholar rather than a soldier, and died early in 1570. ”

“ The earl left no sons, and his barony was claimed by his only daughter Anne (1590–1676) , the wife successively of Richard Sackville, 3rd earl of Dorset, and of Philip Herbert, 4th earl of Pembroke and Montgomery; while his earldom was inherited by his brother Francis (1559–1641) . A long law-suit between the new earl and the countess Anne over the possession of the family estates was settled in 1617. ”