an English diplomat, Member of Parliament, scholar, and soldier during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. A favourite of King James, Hoby published several works supporting the Protestant cause as well as translations from the French and Spanish. He was educated at Eton, where he formed a lasting friendship with Sir John Harington, and at Trinity College, Oxford. At Trinity Thomas Lodge, who later became a dramatist, was "servitour or scholar" under him.
