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Lionel Cranfield 3rd Earl of Middlesex (1625 – 26 October 1674) was an English peer styled Hon. Lionel Cranfield from 1640 until 1651.Cranfield succeeded his brother as Earl of Middlesex in 1651. Around 1655 he married Rachel daughter of the Earl of Westmorland and widow of Henry Bourchier 5th Earl of Bath. In May 1660 he was one of the six peers deputed by the Convention Parliament to invite the return of Charles II of England.
