SKIPTON 34A - Tomb of George Clifford

The tomb of George Clifford in Holy Trinity Church, Skipton, North Yorkshire.
George Clifford, the Third Earl of Cumberland was born at Broughton Castle in 1558 and died in 1605. He was a friend of Elizabeth 1st, an accomplished jouster, a navigator who fought the Armada in 1588, a gambler, spendthrift and philanderer.
The tomb was erected by his daughter, Lady Anne Clifford in 1654.