Sir Thomas Clifford

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English statesman human politician

Sir Thomas Clifford was a 17th-century English statesman and member of the Cabal ministry who served as a close advisor to King Charles II.

Aliases (1)

Thomas Clifford ×1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English statesman → human → politician →
allegiance	Royalists →
appointedBy	Charles II of England →
associatedWithEvent	Stop of the Exchequer (1672) →
birthDate	1630-08-01 →
burialPlace	Ugbrooke Chapel, Devon →
causeOfResignation	Refusal to take the oaths required by the Test Act →
constituencyRepresented	Totnes →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England →
deathDate	1673-10-17 →
educatedAt	Exeter College, Oxford NERFINISHED → Middle Temple →
era	Stuart period →
familyName	Clifford →
father	Hugh Clifford →
givenName	Thomas →
heldOfficeDuring	Third Anglo-Dutch War →
honorificPrefix	Sir →
influenced	Royal financial policy under Charles II →
knownFor	Close advisor to King Charles II → Member of the Cabal ministry → Support for the Declaration of Indulgence (1672) →
memberOf	Cabal ministry → Privy Council of England →
militaryService	Royalist forces in the English Civil War →
monarchServed	Charles II of England →
nobleTitle	Baron Clifford of Chudleigh →
notableWork	Role in negotiating the Treaty of Dover →
parliamentaryBody	House of Commons of England →
peerage	Peerage of England →
placeOfBirth	Ugbrooke, Devon →
placeOfDeath	Ugbrooke, Devon →
politicalAlignment	Royalist →
positionHeld	Baron Clifford of Chudleigh → Lord High Treasurer of England → Member of Parliament → Privy Counsellor →
reasonForResignation	Test Act 1673 →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
signatureAct	Support for the Stop of the Exchequer →
spouse	Elizabeth Martin →
supported	Restoration of Charles II →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Treaty of Dover (1670) ("Thomas Clifford") →	negotiatedBy
Treasurer of the Navy →	officeHeldBy