Sir Thomas Wyatt the YoungerArticle Free Pass Sir Thomas Wyatt
the Younger, Wyatt also spelled Wyat (born c. 1521—died April
11, 1554, London), English soldier and conspirator who led an
unsuccessful rebellion against Queen Mary I, probably the most
formidable uprising ever faced by a Tudor monarch. Wyatt’s
father was the renowned poet and diplomat Sir Thomas Wyatt. As a
young man he acquired a reputation for recklessness, and in 1543
he was briefly imprisoned for taking part in a London street
riot. From 1543 to 1549 or 1550, he served in the army
abroad—especially in France—achieving recognition as a skillful
and daring officer. Wyatt then returned to England and in 1551
served as sheriff in Kent, where he formed his own rudimentary
military organization. On King Edward VI’s death (July 1553) he
supported the accession of Mary, a Roman Catholic, but by the
end of the year he turned against the Queen, considering her
proposed marriage to the future king Philip II of Spain to be an
affront to England’s nation