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Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire

English diplomat and politician of the Tudor era (1477-1539)

Details

Instance of: human
Born: 1457
Died: 12 March 1539
Place of birth: Hever
Place of death: Hever Castle
Sex or gender: male
Given name: Thomas
Family name: Boleyn
Father: William Boleyn
Mother: Margaret Butler
Spouse: Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire
Child: Mary Boleyn, Ana Bolena, George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford
Sibling: James Boleyn, Alice Clere, Anne Shelton, Margaret Boleyn
Occupation: diplomat, politician
Position held: Lord Privy Seal, Treasurer of the Household, ambassador
Citizenship: Kingdom of England
Awards: Knight of the Garter, Order of the Bath
described by source: Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Contemporaries of Erasmus (vol. 1)
honorific suffix: Order of the Garter
languages spoken, written or signed: English
name in native language: Thomas Boleyn
noble title: Earl of Wiltshire, Earl of Ormond (Ireland), Viscount Rochford
place of burial: Hever
residence: Hever Castle
significant person: Erasmus