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Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, 1st Earl of Ormond, 1st Viscount Rochford KG KB (c. 1477 – 12 March 1539), of Hever Castle in Kent, was an English diplomat and politician who was the father of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, and was thus the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I.
Thomas Boleyn, the father of Henry VIII ’s second wife, Queen Anne and grandfather to Queen Elizabeth I, has often been portrayed as a villainous figure. Someone who orchestrated his daughter’s rise to power, abandoned her at the eleventh hour and was absent during her execution.
SIR THOMAS BOLEYN, EARL OF WILTSHIRE, was the second son of Sir William Boleyn of Blickling, Norfolk, and grandson of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, a wealthy London merchant, who was lord mayor in 1457.
Learn about the life and death of Thomas Boleyn, the father of Anne Boleyn, who died on 12 March 1539 at Hever Castle. See his tomb, memorial brass and inscription in St Peter's Church, Hever.
Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, 1st Earl of Ormond, 1st Viscount Rochford KG KB, of Hever Castle in Kent, was an English diplomat and politician who was the father of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, and was thus the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I.
Anne Boleyn 's father Thomas was the recipient of the next creation, but after outliving his son and with no other male heirs upon his death the title became vacant. He was the great-nephew of James Butler, the earl of the 1449 creation. Finally, in 1550 William Paulet was created Earl of Wiltshire.
Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire. The Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond. Coat of arms for Thomas Boleyn. Born. 12 June 1478. Hever Castle, Hever, Kent, Kingdom of England. Died. 12 March 1540.
