Queen Elizabeth's second Champion
1590 AD appointed
Clifford rose in the world as an accomplished jouster, and became Queen Elizabeth's second Champion on the retirement of Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley. A portrait miniature by Nicholas Hilliard, around 1590, commemorates the appointment, showing him in tilting attire with the Queen's glove, set in diamonds, pinned as a plume to his hat as a sign of her favour.
Subjects Who or What appointed?
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Elizabeth I (Elizabeth of England) Queen of England and Ire...
Objects To Whom or What was appointed?
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George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland English peer, naval comm...
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