Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire

Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, 1st Earl of Ormond,^[1] 1st Viscount Rochford KG^[2] KB (c. 1477 – 12 March 1539), of Hever Castle in Kent, was an English diplomat and politician who was the father of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, and was thus the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I. By Henry VIII he was made a Knight of the Garter in 1523 and was elevated to the peerage as Viscount Rochford in 1525 and in 1529 was further ennobled as Earl of Wiltshire and Earl of Ormond.

The Right Honourable The Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond KG KB
Monumental brass to Thomas Boleyn, St Peter's Church, Hever
Lord Privy Seal
In office 1530–1536
Monarch	Henry VIII
Preceded by	Cuthbert Tunstall
Succeeded by	Sir Thomas Cromwell
Treasurer of the Household
In office 1521–1525
Monarch	Henry VIII
Preceded by	Sir Edward Poynings
Succeeded by	Sir William FitzWilliam
Personal details
Born	Thomas Boleyn c. 1477 Hever Castle, Hever, Kent, Kingdom of England
Died	12 March 1539 (aged 61–62)
Resting place	St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent, United Kingdom 51°11′02″N 0°06′41″E
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Howard
Children	Thomas Boleyn Mary Boleyn Henry Boleyn George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford Anne Boleyn, Queen of England
Mother	Margaret Butler
Father	Sir William Boleyn
Residence	Hever Castle
Occupation	Diplomat, politician

Arms adopted by Sir Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond, KG: Or, a chief indented azure, the ancient "Walter" arms of the Butler family, later Earls of Ormond, his maternal ancestors. As survives on his Garter stall plate in St George's Chapel, Windsor

Paternal arms of Boleyn: Argent, a chevron gules between three bull's heads afrontée sable