# Lord Clifford — The Old English Baron character guide

> Lord Clifford in The Old English Baron by Clara Reeve.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Clifford, young Clifford

**First appearance:** 0002-the-old-english-baron

## Snapshot

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.

## Who they are

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.

## In the story

### [The Old English Baron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_old_english_baron_se/chapters/the-old-english-baron)

Mediates between Sir Philip and Baron Fitz-Owen, explaining Sir Philip's honorable conduct.

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