John Shelton

English courtier, uncle by marriage of Anne Boleyn

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John Shelton

English courtier, uncle by marriage of Anne Boleyn

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Not who you're looking for? Others named John Shelton: American actor (1915-1972) · English courtier and politician, died 1558 · Shelton, John (d. 1845), army officer · English painter and ceramic artist (1923–1993)

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About John Shelton

Sir John Shelton of Shelton in Norfolk, England, was a courtier to King Henry VIII. Through his marriage to Anne Boleyn, a sister and co-heiress of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire of Blickling Hall in Norfolk, he became an uncle of Queen Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII. He was appointed comptroller of the joint household of Princesses Mary and Elizabeth, the king's daughters, and together with his wife was governor to the king's children.

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