politician
Thomas Posthumous Hoby.
Member of Parliament and claimed as the inspiration for Shakespeare's character Malvolio
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About Thomas Posthumous Hoby
Sir Thomas Posthumus Hoby, also spelt Hobie, Hobbie and Hobby, Posthumous and Postumus, was an English gentleman and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1629. A Puritan, he has been claimed as the inspiration for Shakespeare's character Malvolio in Twelfth Night.
Everything about Thomas Posthumous Hoby →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1589 Parliament, Member of the 1593 Parliament, Member of the 1597-98 Parliament
- Born
- 1566
- Died
- December 30, 1640