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SIR JOHN WALLOP (c. 1490-1551)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 287 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:JOHN See also:WALLOP (c. 1490-1551)  , See also:English soldier and diplomatist, belonged to an old See also:Hampshire See also:family . Adopting the profession of arms, he commanded See also:ships which took See also:part in the See also:war between See also:England and See also:France in 1513 and 1514; later he served the See also:king of See also:Portugal against the See also:Moors, and then he fought for his own See also:sovereign in See also:Ireland and in France . In 1526 See also:Wallop began his See also:diplomatic career, being sent on an errand to See also:Germany by See also:Henry VIII., and from 1532 to 1541 he passed much of his See also:time in See also:Paris and elsewhere in France as the representative of the English king . He filled several other public positions, including that of See also:lieutenant of See also:Calais, before See also:January 1541, when he was suddenly arrested on a See also:charge of See also:treason; his offence, however, was not serious and in the same See also:year he was made See also:captain of See also:Guines . In 1543 he led a small force to help the See also:emperor See also:Charles V. in his invasion of France, and he remained at his See also:post at Guines until his See also:death there on the 13th of See also:July 1551 .

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