Thomas Wotton, 2nd Baron Wotton
Thomas Wotton, 2nd Baron Wotton (1587 – 2 April 1630) was an English peer.
Wotton was born the younger son of Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton.[1] His elder brother Pickering died at Valladolid in 1604.[2] In 1608, he married Mary Throckmorton (d. 1658), eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir Arthur Throckmorton of Paulerspury, Northamptonshire.[1] He inherited his father's title in 1628.[3]
Children
- Charles, baptised 1611 at Paulerspury, Northamptonshire (an estate inherited by his mother), died in infancy.[1]
- Katherine (1609–1667), later created Countess of Chesterfield.[1]
- Hester (1615–1646), married Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden.[1]
- Margaret married Sir John Tufton, 2nd Baronet.[1]
- Anne (1629–), married Sir Edward Hales.[1]
He died at Boughton Malherbe, Kent and was buried there 12 April 1630.[1] As he died without a male heir, his title became extinct.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Cockayne, G.E. (1898). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant. p. 204.
- ^ Authentic Memoirs of that Exquisitely Villanous Jesuit, Father Richard Walpole. 1733. p. 34.
- ^ "WOTTON, Edward (1548-1628), of Boughton Malherbe, Kent and London". British History Online. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
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