Thomas Chaloner (courtier)

For other people with the same name, see Thomas Chaloner (disambiguation).

Sir Thomas Chaloner (1559 – 17 November 1615) was an English courtier and Governor of the Courtly College for the household of Prince Henry, son of James I. He was also responsible for introducing alum manufacturing to England.[1] He was Member of Parliament for St Mawes in 1586 and for Lostwithiel in 1604. His third son was the Regicide Parliamentarian Thomas Chaloner. He is sometimes confused with his cousin Thomas Chaloner, a naturalist who prospected for alum.[2]

  1. ^ Beckmann 1846, p. 196.
  2. ^ Simon Healy, 'Chaloner, Sir Thomas (?1564-1615), of Richmond Palace, Surr., Steeple Claydon, Bucks. and Clerkenwell, Mdx.' in Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris (Eds), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, (Cambridge University Press 2010).