biography
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Throckmorton, Sir Nicholas
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| lived:
| (1515–71)
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| biography:
| English diplomat. He fought at Pinkie (1547), was knighted in 1547, and became ambassador to France and Scotland. In 1569 he was imprisoned for promoting the scheme to marry Mary, Queen of Scots, to the Duke of Norfolk, but soon released. His daughter, Elizabeth Throckmorton, married Sir Walter Raleigh. His nephew, Francis Throckmorton (1554–84) was executed for planning a conspiracy to overthrow Elizabeth I. |
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