Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton

English earl

Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1505

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 30-Jul-1550

Profession: judge, politician

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton (21 December 1505 – 30 July 1550), KG was an English peer, secretary of state, Lord Chancellor and Lord High Admiral.
A naturally skilled but unscrupulous and devious politician who changed with the times and personally tortured Anne Askew, Wriothesley served as a loyal instrument of King Henry VIII in the latter's break with the Catholic church.
Richly rewarded with royal gains from the Dissolution of the Monasteries, he nevertheless prosecuted Calvinists and other dissident Protestants when political winds changed.