Clifford Chatterley

Sir Clifford Chatterley is a character on Lady Chatterley's Lover. He is portrayed by Matthew Duckett.

Biography
Clifford is a British nobleman who is left paralyzed below the waist after the war. He expects his wife, Connie, to care for him exclusively, causing her to feel isolated and depressed. He is oblivious to her needs and doesn't think the lack of romance in their marriage is an issue. Wanting an heir, he allows Connie to find a lover.

Clifford is a writer who tries to accept the great nothingness of life.

Throughout Lady Chatterley's Lover
After a courtship, a young Constance "Connie" Reid marries Clifford Chatterley. Shortly after, he returns to fighting in World War I. Clifford returns home paralyzed below the waist, and needs full-time care. He and Connie move from London to Wragby Hall, the Chatterley estate in the country.

Connie is initially optimistic, but later becomes depressed, as caring for Clifford daily and lacking the physical intimacy wears on her. Her loneliness is exacerbated by Clifford's complaints about his inability to have children and his suggestion that she secretly become pregnant by another man in order to leave him an heir.

Connie contacts her sister, Hilda, who hires Mrs. Bolton, Clifford's childhood nursemaid, to be his caretaker.

When Clifford sends Connie to check on some pheasant chicks, she meets the gamekeeper Oliver Mellors. Over time, she finds herself drawn to him. Oliver remains humble to Connie as she is the lady of the manor, but Connie eventually acts on her desires, and they begin an affair.

Appearances

 * Lady Chatterley's Lover