Throckmorton, Sir Nicholas

Throckmorton, Sir Nicholas

▪ English diplomat
Throckmorton also spelled  Throgmorton  
born 1515
died Feb. 12, 1571, London

      English diplomat in the reign of Elizabeth I.

      The son of Sir George Throckmorton of Coughton, Warwickshire, and the uncle of Francis Throckmorton, he was a member of the household of Catherine Parr, the last wife of Henry VIII, and was favourable to the reformers in religion. He was a member of Parliament from 1545 to 1567. During the reign of Edward VI, in which he was knighted (1547), he at first supported Protector Somerset but later went over to the party of the earl of Warwick (afterward duke of Northumberland).

      When, on the death of Edward (1553), an attempt was made to place Lady Jane Grey on the throne instead of Mary Tudor, Throckmorton contrived to appear the friend of both parties; but on Mary's accession he was able to secure her favour. He was, however, suspected of complicity in the rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyatt (Wyatt, Sir Thomas, the Younger) (January–February 1554). Acquitted at his trial in April, he was detained in the Tower of London until January 1555. He went abroad in 1556 but made his peace with Queen Mary in 1557.

      Under Elizabeth I he became chamberlain of the exchequer, and from May 1559 to April 1564 he was ambassador in France. In May 1565 he was sent as ambassador to Scotland but failed to prevent Mary Stuart's marriage with Henry, Lord Darnley. In 1569, he fell under suspicion during the intrigue to marry Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, to Mary and was imprisoned for a time at Windsor Castle, but he was not further proceeded against.

      Throckmorton's daughter Elizabeth became the wife of Sir Walter Raleigh.

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