Sir William Clifton, 3rd Baronet
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Sir William Clifton, JP (1663 – 1686 in France) was 3rd Baronet Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire, and Deputy Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire from 1683 to 1686.[1] In 1685, he founded a regiment which later became the 15th Regiment of Foot and subsequently the East Yorkshire Regiment.