Sir William Clifton, JP was 3rd Baronet Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire, and Deputy Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire from 1683 to 1686. In 1685, he founded a regiment which later became the 15th Regiment of Foot and subsequently the East Yorkshire Regiment.
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1685-87 Parliament
- Born
- 1663
- Died
- 1686
