English diplomat, Member of Parliament, scholar, and soldier
Sir Edward Hoby by an unknown artist, 1583
Sir Edward Hoby (1560 – 1 March 1617) was an English diplomat, Member of Parliament, scholar, and soldier during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. He was the son of Thomas Hoby and Elizabeth Cooke, the nephew of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, and the son-in-law of Queen Elizabeth's cousin Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon.
A favourite of King James, Hoby published several works supporting the Protestant cause as well as translations from French and Spanish. His heir was his illegitimate son, Peregrine Hoby.[1][2]
^"Hoby, Edward" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^Cooper, A Guide to Tudor & Jacobean Portraits, p. 20.
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