Edward Fiennes de Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Edward Fiennes de Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln
by Unknown artist
oil on panel, 1584
36 1/2 in. x 29 1/2 in. (921 mm x 749 mm)
Purchased, 1892
Primary Collection
NPG 900
Sitterback to top
- Edward Fiennes de Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1512-1585), Lord High Admiral. Sitter associated with 5 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D37340: Edward Fiennes de Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln (source portrait)
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 381
- Strong, Roy, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, 1969, p. 201
Events of 1584back to top
Current affairs
Expulsion oft he Spanish ambassador to England for his part in the Throckmorton Plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I.Parliament passes legislation to expel all Jesuits from England.
The explorer Sir Walter Ralegh renews his half-brother Sir Humphrey Gilbert's patent to explore and colonise North America.
Art and science
Sir Walter Mildmay established Emmanuel College, Cambridge, to train Protestant preachers.International
Assassination of William of Orange, leader of the Dutch rebellion against Philip II of Spain. His son, Maurice of Nassau, succeeds him as Prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, and Utrecht.Death of François, Duke of Anjou. The Protestant Henry of Navarre becomes heir to the French crown.
Death of Ivan IV (the Terrible), Tsar of Russia. Succeeded by his son Feodor, power lies in the hands of Feodor's brother-in-law, Boris Godunov.
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