Thomas Blood
Irish-born Colonel best known for attempting to steal the Crown Jewels
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Lived 1618–1680, aged 62
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Thomas Allen Blood was an Anglo-Irish army 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 also known for his attempt to kidnap and, later, to kill his enemy, the 1st Duke of Ormond.
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