Category
page 116th-century English politicians
Thomas Wolsey
English political figure, archbishop of York and cardinal-priest of Santa Cecilia (1473-1530)

Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
Nobleman

John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
English general, admiral, and politician (1504-1553)

Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire
English diplomat and politician of the Tudor era (1477-1539)

Thomas Gresham
English merchant and financier (c. 1519 – 1579)

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
English statesman and chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I (1520-1598)

Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley
brother of English queen Jane Seymour (1508–1549)
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
English politician (1473-1554)
Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
English nobleman and statesman

Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
English politician and nobleman (1536–1572)
John Shakespeare
English businessman and father of William Shakespeare (1530–1601)
Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington
English antiquarian (1571-1631)
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke
English peer (1501-1570)
Henry FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel
Chancellor of the University of Oxford; English earl (1512-1580)
Henry Sidney
English politician and courtier
William Paget, 1st Baron Paget
English statesman (1506-1563)