Family and Education

b. Apr. 1695, 1st surv. s. of John Cleiveland, M.P., of Hinckley, Leics. and Cleveland Place, Liverpool by Anne Williamson of Liverpool. unm. suc. fa. 1716.

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Biography

Cleiveland’s father left Leicestershire to become the adopted son of his uncle Richard Cleiveland, a Liverpool merchant, acquired a large fortune, became one of the most eminent merchants of his day, and sat for Liverpool 1710-13. Cleiveland himself headed the poll for Liverpool as a government Whig in 1722. He died as Mar. 1724, aged 28.1

Ref Volumes: 1715-1754

Author: Eveline Cruickshanks

Notes

• 1. Nichols, Leics. iv. 707; H. Peet, Liverpool in reign of Queen Anne 146-7.