BLOOD, THOMAS, COLONEL

BLOOD, THOMAS, COLONEL
   an Irish desperado, noted for his daring attempts against the life of the Duke of Ormonde, and for carrying off the regalia in the Tower; unaccountably pardoned by Charles II., and received afterwards into royal favour with a pension of £500 per annum. He was afterwards charged with conspiracy, and committed to the King's Bench, and released.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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