Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden
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Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden (c. 1460-14 May 1523), was a soldier and courtier in England and an early member of the House of Commons. The son of Lancastrian loyalists who grew up during the years of Yorkian rule, Vaux served under Henry VII when he recovered the throne in 1485. Vaux was active in the early English parliament. In 1523 he was summoned to the House of Lords as Lord Vaux of Harrowden. At the time, he had already fallen ill, and he died that same year. He was succeeded by his son, the poet Thomas Vaux.
Sir Nicholas Vaux appears as a minor character in William Shakespeare's Henry VIII.
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Baron Vaux of Harrowden | Succeeded by Thomas Vaux |
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