Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Baron Wentworth (1525 – 13 January 1584) was an English peer, courtier, administrator and military commander during the reigns of Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.[1] His reputation suffered through the surrender of Calais in 1558, which occurred under his command.[2]
- ^ B. Denton, 'Wentworth, Thomas, second Baron Wentworth and de jure seventh Baron Le Despenser (1525–1584)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP 2004, current edition 2008), superseding Pollard, Albert (1899). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 60. pp. 265–267.
- ^ W.L. Rutton, Three Branches of the Family of Wentworth: I. Wentworth of Nettlestead, Suffolk. II. Wentworth of Gosfield, Essex. III. Wentworth of Lillingstone Lovell, Oxfordshire (Mitchell and Hughes, London 1891), pp. 39-52 (Google).