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Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford

English statesman
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Also called:
(1664–72) Sir Thomas Clifford
Born:
Aug. 1, 1630, Ugbrooke, near Exeter, Devon, Eng.
Died:
Oct. 17, 1673, Ugbrooke (aged 43)

Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford (born Aug. 1, 1630, Ugbrooke, near Exeter, Devon, Eng.—died Oct. 17, 1673, Ugbrooke) was an English statesman, lord treasurer in Charles II’s Cabal ministry. Clifford matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford, in 1647 and entered the Middle Temple in 1648. In Parliament in 1660–61 he became a steady supporter of Henry Bennett (who became Lord Arlington in 1665) in opposition to the chancellor, the Earl of Clarendon. Knighted in 1664 and appointed ambassador to Denmark and Sweden, he served with the fleet in 1665 and 1666. In 1666 he was made controller of the household and ...(100 of 323 words)

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