The Clifford family at Caludon Castle

The Cliffords

Owners of Caludon Castle
1710 - 1815

The Clifford family took possession of Caludon in 1710 on the death of Sir John Preston when Anne Preston inherited the castle. Anne had married Hugh Clifford Lord of Chudleigh in 1673. The Cliffords were instrumental in it's final demise when they took stone from the castle to build a house and outbuildings adjacent to the site. The Cliffords sold Caludon piecemeal in 1815. The final outbuildings were torn down by Coventry City Council in the late seventies/early eighties. Clifford bridge road leads from Binley to Walsgrave alongside the edge of Wyken and leads to Clifford bridge where the A4600 (old A46) crosses the river Sowe by Walsgrave hospital. The Clifford Park housing estate also took it's name from the Clifford's of Caludon.

Baron Hugh Clifford 2nd Lord Chuleigh
Born
Bapt. 1663 Chudleigh
Died 12/10/1730 Cannington
owner of Caludon 1710 till 1730

Baron Hugh Clifford 3rd Lord Chudleigh
Born 14/4/1700
Died 25/3/1732 Ugbrooke
owner of Caludon 1730 till 1732

Baron Hugh Clifford 4th Lord Chudleigh
Born 29/9/1726
Died 1/9/1783 Ugbrooke
owner of Caludon 1732 till 1783

Charles Clifford 6th Lord Chudleigh
(Earl of Nottingham)
Born 28/11/1759
Died 29/4/1831
owner of Caludon 1793 till 1815

Anne Preston
Born
Died 5/7/1734 Ugbrooke, Devon

Married
1673

Married

Elizabeth Blount
Born
Died 1788

Married
17/12/1748

Lady Anne Lee
Born 1731
Died 7/12/1802 Altona, Hamburg, Germany

Thomas Edward Clifford
Born 5/12/1774
Died 2/4/1817 Liege, Belgium
owner of Caludon 1783 till 1793

Married
29/11/1796