Jump to content

Thomas Walsingham (c. 1526 – 1584)

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Ser Amantio di Nicolao (talk | contribs) at 00:41, 2 April 2016 (→References: remove overcatting using AWB). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Thomas Walsingham (c. 1526 - 15 January 1584) was an English politician.

He was the only surviving son of Sir Edmund Walsingham of Scadbury, Lieutenant of the Tower and was trained in the law at Lincoln's Inn in 1542. He succeeded his father in 1550 and was knighted in 1573.

He was a Justice of the Peace for Kent from c.1559 and was appointed High Sheriff of Kent for 1563–64. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidstone in 1571.

He married Dorothy Guildford, the daughter of Sir John Guildford of Benenden, and had 5 sons and 8 daughters, including Thomas Walsingham, the patron of Christopher Marlowe.[1]

References

  1. ^ "WALSINGHAM, Thomas (c.1526-84), of Scadbury, Chislehurst, Kent". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 19 June 2013.

Template:Persondata


Flag of EnglandBiography icon

This article about a Member of the Parliament of England (up to 1707) is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Walsingham_(c._1526_–_1584)&oldid=713111887"