Henry Clinton, 7th Earl of Lincoln

He succeeded as Earl of Lincoln upon his father's death in 1693, taking his seat in the House of Lords in 1708.

In 1719 he was one of the main subscribers in the Royal Academy of Music (1719), a corporation that produced baroque opera on stage.

He was then elected as a bailiff of the Bedford Level Corporation in 1724,[2] and appointed Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire in 1728, serving until his death later that year.

Lord Lincoln was then appointed in his place as well as being sworn ex officio of the Privy Council and, following his father, was a Sword Bearer at the coronation of King George II in 1727.

A cousin was General Sir Henry Clinton of the American Revolutionary War.