Wotton
SIR HENRY, an English diplomatist; born in Bocton Malherbe, Kent, England, in 1568; was educated at Winchester and Oxford. He resided on the Continent for some years, and on returning to England was employed as secretary to Essex. On the fall of that nobleman from power (1600) Wotton fled to Florence, where he was employed by the grand-duke to reveal to King James of Scotland a plot against his life. When the Scotch king ascended the throne of England he showed his gratitude by making Wotton a knight, employing him abroad as an ambassador and ultimately (1625) appointing him provost of Eton. His ability as a writer is shown in "Reliquiæ Wottonianæ" (Wotton's Literary Remains), published in 1651, with Izaak Walton's "Life of Wotton." He died in Eton, in December, 1639.