The Old English Baron · Character
Lord Clifford
A nobleman whose name surfaces in the tangled story of how Castle Lovel changed hands, remembered less for what he did than for what he was said to be about to do.
supporting
Also known as Clifford, young Clifford
First appearance: The Old English Baron
As a supporting figure in The Old English Baron, Lord Clifford is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Mediates between Sir Philip and Baron Fitz-Owen, explaining Sir Philip's honorable conduct.
Clifford hovers at the edge of the Lovel tragedy as a man who comforted the widowed lady and was rumoured to be on the point of marrying her, a prospect she refused so utterly that she died of grief. Whether suitor or opportunist, he belongs to the murky interval between the old lord's death and the Fitz-Owens' arrival, when the castle's true history was quietly buried. His presence in the tale keeps the question of who benefited from the Lovels' ruin uncomfortably open.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Castle Lovel's Core
- Supporting and Antagonistic Figures
- Protagonist
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