Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford

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...