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Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician (died 1550)

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Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton

English politician (1505–1550)

Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, 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, Wriothesley served as a loyal instrument of King Henry VIII in the…
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December 21

Day of the year

December 21 is the 355th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 10 days remain until the end of the year.
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