Anthony Wingfield

For other people named Anthony Wingfield, see Anthony Wingfield (disambiguation).

Sir Anthony Wingfield (born before 1488, died 15 August 1552) KG, MP, of Letheringham, Suffolk, was an English soldier, politician, courtier and member of parliament. He was the Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk from 1551 to 1552, and Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in the reign of Edward VI.

He married Elizabeth de Vere, daughter of Sir George de Vere and Margaret Stafford, sister of John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford. They both attended the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520.

In 1540 he arrested Thomas Cromwell and was Commissioner for Dissolution of the Monasteries in Suffolk.

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