Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton

Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton (c. 1592 – buried 17 September 1637), was an English-born Scottish peer (later known as the Countess of March, then Duchess of Lennox and then Countess of Abercorn).

Birth and origins Katherine was born about 1592, in England, a daughter of Gervase Clifton and his wife, Katherine Darcy. Her mother was the only child and heiress of Sir Henry Darcy. Her parents married in June 1591. Her brother died in 1602 and she became the only surviving child of her parents and heiress of the manor of Leighton Bromswold.

Her father is made a baron by writ On 9 July 1608 her father was summoned to Parliament by writ, She is addressed in an 'Epistle, To Katherine, Lady Aubigny' by Ben Jonson (The Forest X111).

Death and timeline She died in 1637 in Scotland. Having been a Catholic, she was buried without ceremony. Her eldest son James succeeded her as Baron Clifton in addition to the titles he inherited from his father.

TimelineAgeDateEvent01592, aboutBorn.1609Married Lord Esmé Stewart.1624, 30 JulFirst husband died.1627, aboutMarried James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn. 1628, 3 FebExcommunicated by the Church of Scotland. 1637Died in Scotland.