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Thomas Blood
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Thomas Blood
Colonel Thomas Blood
(1618 – 24 August 1680) was an
Anglo-Irish
officer
and self-styled
colonel
best known for his attempt to steal the
Crown Jewels of England
from the
Tower of London
in 1671. Described in an American source as a "noted bravo and desperado," he was known for his attempt to kidnap and, later, to kill, his enemy, the
Duke of Ormonde
. He had switched allegiances from
Royalist
to
Roundhead
during the
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
, and despite his subsequent notoriety received a
Royal free pardon
and found favour at the court of
King Charles II
.
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