Olivarez, Count d', a Spanish statesman, born at Rome, where his father was ambassador; was the confidant and minister of Philip IV., and the political adversary of Richelieu; was one of the ablest statesmen Spain ever had, but was unfortunate in his conduct of foreign affairs (1587‒1645).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Oliphant, Mrs. Margaret * Oliver