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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.
8 min read. 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.
On 12th March 1539, just under three years after the executions of two of his children, Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire died at Hever Castle, the Boleyn family home, he was in his sixties. Thomas’s servant, Robert Cranwell, wrote to Thomas Cromwell on 13th March to give him the news:
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. The manor of Blickling, purchased originally by Sir Geoffrey of the veteran Sir John Fastolf , descended to Sir James Boleyn, the elder brother of Sir ...
Learn about the life and career of Sir Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, Earl of Ormonde and Viscount Rochford, the father of Queen Anne Boleyn. Discover his background, family, achievements, offices and controversies at the court of King Henry VIII.
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Titles: 1st Earl of Wiltshire, 1st Earl of Ormond, 1st Viscount Rochford, KG, KB Thomas Boleyn, born circa 1477 at Hever Castle in Kent, was an English diplomat and politician, notable for being the father of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, and grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I.
THOMAS BOLEYN, EARL OF ORMONDE AND WILTSHIRE, VISCOUNT ROCHFORD. BORN: 1477 DIED: 1539. Thomas Boleyn by Holbein The Royal Collection (note -- Eric Ives' new book re-identifies this portrait as James Butler... I will update as soon as I've had a chance to research it further!) Father of Anne, George and Mary Boleyn. Ambassador to France.
