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Wyatt, Sir Thomas, the Younger c.1520-1554
English soldier

Son of the poet Sir Thomas Wyatt, he fought at the Siege of Landrecies (1544), and continued in service on the Continent till 1550. In 1554, with Lady Jane Grey's father, he led the Kentish men to Southwark and, failing to capture Ludgate, was taken prisoner and executed.