The Lord Vaux of Harrowden | |
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 Portrait of Thomas, Lord Vaux, circa unknown. | |
| Born | 25 April 1509 |
| Died | 15 October 1556 (aged 47) |
| Occupation | Poet, dramatist, essayist, novelist |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Cheney (m. 1523–1556; his death) |
Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden KB (25 April 1509[1] – October 1556), English poet, was the eldest son of Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux and his second wife, Anne Green, daughter of Sir Thomas Green, Lord of Nortons Green, and Joan Fogge.[2][3] He was educated at Cambridge University.[4] His mother was the maternal aunt of Queen Consort Katherine Parr, while his wife, Elizabeth Cheney, was her paternal cousin through Katherine's father's sister, Anne Parr.
- ^ George Edward Cokayne. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, Vol. XII/2, pp. 219-221.
- ^ Unknown author, David Faris. Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, p. 39.
- ^ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, pp. 326, 561–562 and 566.
- ^ Dominic Head. The Cambridge Guide To Literature in English, Cambridge University Press, 26 January 2006. p. 1151.