Person DS/UK/1670 Clifford; Walter (1773-1806); Jesuit Priest Clifford Walter 1773-1806 Jesuit Priest Male Born 13 March 1773, Tixhall (Staffordshire), England. Ordained as a Roman Catholic priest 1801. Died 23 July 1806, Palermo (Sicily), Italy.

Fr Walter Clifford SJ was born on 13 March 1773, at Tixhall (Staffordshire), England, to Thomas Clifford and his wife Barbara, daughter of James Lord Aston of Forfar. He made his elementary studies at Sedgley Park School, and his humanities at the English Academy, Liege, migrating with the community to Stonyhurst in 1794, and arriving there on 29 August that same year. After teaching humanities and philosophy and studying his theology, in which he made a public defence of the whole theses, he was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest by Bishop John Douglass, in London, in Whitsun week 1801. He said his first Mass at Tixhall on Corpus Christi, 4 June 1801. Returning to Stonyhurst College, he served as Professor, Prefect, and preacher, but due to fatigue and over-exertion, he was sent for change of air and rest to Palermo (Sicily), Italy, where he died on 23 July 1806. Member of the English Province of the Society of Jesus Br Henry Foley SJ, Volume 7 Part 1, Records of the English Province of the Society of Jesus (London: Burns and Oates, 1883) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes CURIA\mallen 17/03/2022 CURIA\mallen 17/03/2022 a13900e7-9e42-4d27-8a86-d9f01fcc7ac3