Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex (c. 1485 – 28 July 1540) was an English statesman who served as King Henry VIII's chief minister from 1532 to 1540.
Thomas Cromwell was one of the patrons of Hans Holbein the Younger, as were Sir Thomas More and Anne Boleyn.
Holbein painted this famous portrait of Cromwell.
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