# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-wriothesley-1st-earl-of-southampton
# Generated: 2026-08-16T10:39:16.319Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-wriothesley-1st-earl-of-southampton"
name: "Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton"
slug: "thomas-wriothesley-1st-earl-of-southampton"
description: "Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, was an English peer, secretary of state, Lord Chancellor and Lord High Admiral. A naturally skilled but unscrupulous and devious politician who changed with the times, Wriothesley served as a loyal instrument of King Henry VIII in the latter's break with the Catholic Church. Richly rewarded with royal gains from the Dissolution of the Monasteries, he nevertheless prosecuted Calvinists and other Protestants when political winds changed."
tagline: "English earl (1505-1550)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1stEarlOfSouthampton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1505-12-21"
deathDate: "1550-07-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.231906666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Thomas Wriothesley, Bá tước thứ 1 xứ Southampton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "توماس وريوثيسلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Thomas Wriothesley, 1. Earl of Southampton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wriothesley%2C_1st_Earl_of_Southampton"
    title: "Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wriothesley_(1er_comte_de_Southampton)"
    title: "Thomas Wriothesley (1er comte de Southampton)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wriothesley%2C_I_conte_di_Southampton"
    title: "Thomas Wriothesley, I conte di Southampton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Thomas Wriothesley, 1. jarl av Southampton"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_1-%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Ризли, Томас, 1-й граф Саутгемптон"
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    title: "Thomas Wriothesley, 1:e earl av Southampton"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump