Thomas Wyatt (poet)
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Sir Thomas Wyatt was a 16th-century English politician, ambassador, and lyric poet credited with introducing the sonnet to English literature. He was born at Allington Castle near Maidstone in Kent, t
Depiction by Hans Holbein the Younger
A portrait of Wyatt after a lost original by Hans Holbein the Younger from c. 1540
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Memorial in Sherborne Abbey. The verse quoted at the end of the inscription is the incipit of Henry Howard's elegy to Wyatt.
Thomas Wyatt the Younger
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Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger was an English politician and rebel leader during the reign of Queen Mary I; his rising is traditionally called "Wyatt's rebellion". He was the son of the English poet and
Thomas Wyatt (poet)
…Wyatt was elected knight of the shire (MP) for Kent in December 1541. In 1520, Wyatt married Elizabeth Brooke (1503–1560). A year later, they had a son Thomas (1521–1554) who led Wyatt's rebellion some 12 years after his father's death. In 1524, Henry VIII assigned Wyatt to be an ambassador at home and abroad…
Portrait of Thomas Wyatt the Younger circa 1540–42