GLOUCESTER, RICHARD DE CLARE, EARL OF (1222-1262), 7th earl of Gloucester and 8th earl of Clare, was born on Aug. 4, 1222. He succeeded his father in October 123o. About 1258 Gloucester became a leader of the barons in their re sistance to the king, and he was prominent during the proceedings which followed the Mad Parliament at Oxford in 1 258. In however, he quarrelled with Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester ; the dispute, begun in England, was renewed in France and he was again in the confidence and company of the king. This attitude, too, was only temporary, and in 1261 Gloucester and Leicester were again working in concord. Gloucester died on July 15, 1262.