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Cleveland-Stevens, Robert Victor Carnegie, brother of William Herbert Carnegie Cleveland­ Stevens (qv); b. 12 July 1919; adm. May 1933 (G); left July 1938; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1938, BA 1941, MA 1955; Welsh Guards 1942-6 (Capt.), C.in C.'s Cert. for Gallantry 1945 (N. Europe); called to the Bar (Lincoln's Inn) Nov. 1949; dir. Pan-Ocean Ltd 1957, Port Madoc (France) 1964-.

Cleveland-Stevens, William Herbert Carnegie, son of William Cleveland-Stevens (qv); b. 21 Oct. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (G); left July 1934; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1935, BA 1941; attached Roy. Warks Regt in WW2 (Interrogator), wounded (Normandy) July 1944; called to the Bar (Lincoln's Inn) Nov. 1948; Colonial Legal Service 1953-5, dep. registrar High Court ofJustice, N. Rhodesia; legal asst Daily Express 1959-61; m. 31 Oct. 1941 Phyllis Mary, d. of Herbert Middleton, chemist; d. 8 Jan. 1995.

Cleveland-Stevens, William, elder son of William Richard Stevens, of Westminster, solicitor: b. Oct. 21, 1880; adm. Sept. 27, 1894; Q.S. 1895; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1899; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1901; B.A. 1904; B.C. L. 1907; M.A. 1907; called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn June 12, 1907; equity draftsman and conveyancer; served in Great War I; Lieut. R. N. V. R. mentioned in despatches; K.C. 1930; a bencher of Lincoln's Inn 1935; Chancellor of the diocese of Birmingham 1937, of Truro 1940, of Gloucester 1946; Director of Legal Education to the Council of Legal Education 1939; Deputy Chairman of the Enemy Export Committee 1939, and of the Contraband Committee 1940; Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn 1955; C.M.G. Jan. 1, 1953; m. Jan. 6, 1914, Ann Felicia, third daughter of Alphonse Henry Strauss, of London; d. June 10, 1957.

CLEVLAND, ARCHIBALD, brother of John Clevland (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) May 1722; left 1725; drowned on the bar of Saline, by the upsetting of a boat when landing.

CLEVLAND, JOHN, eldest son of Capt. William Clevland RN, Commissioner of the Navy, and Anne, dau. of John Davie, Orleigh, Devon; b.; adm. (aged 11) Sep 1718; in under school list 1721; adm. Middle Temple 1 Feb 1722/3 [check]; a clerk in Navy Office c. 1723-31; Clerk of the Cheque, Plymouth, 1731-43; a Commissioner of the Navy 1743-6; Second Secretary to the Admiralty, 4 Aug 1746 - 1 May 1751, First Secretary from 1 May 1751; MP Saltash 1741 - Mar 1743, Sandwich 1747-61, Saltash from 1761; m. 1st, 28 Jun 1728 (IGI) Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Caesar Child, Bart.; m. 2nd, 1747 Sarah, dau. of Charles Shuckburgh, Longborough, Gloucs.; d. 19 Jun 1763.

CLIFF, EDWARD; b.; adm. (aged 9) 10 Jan 1714/5; in under school list 1716. [Or Clift ?] [perhaps Edward Clift, b. 8 Mar 1704, son of John Clift, and Eleanor --- (IGI)]

CLIFFE, ---; b.; in school lists 1656.

CLIFFE, HENRY (alias JOHNSON), son of John Cliffe, London; b.; at school under Camden one year (Foley, Records of the English Province of the Society of Jesus, vi, 227); studied law 3 years; became a Roman Catholic, having been converted by uncle George Blackwell [check]; adm. to English College, Rome, 21 Aug 1603, aged 18; left Rome for Perugia to enter Benedictine order, but returned to Venerable English College; ordained priest, Rome 18 Apr 1609; probably Ildephonse Cliff professed OSB at St. Malo 1615, having been exiled from England in 1614 after serving three years in prison; d. 1657.

CLIFFE, RICHARD; b.; adm. (aged 15) Jan 1728/9; left 1730.

CLIFFORD, MARTIN; b.; KS (Capt. ); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1640, adm. scholar 1641, matr. 1640; a buffoon about the Court, 1660; employed by the Duke of Buckingham in producing The Rehearsal (together with Samuel Butler and Thomas Sprat); attacked John Dryden (qv) in a series of letters; Master of the Charterhouse from 1671; author, A Treatise of Human Reason, 1674; d. 10 Dec 1677. DNB.