"Sir Thomas Lake" was Secretary of State (England)/Secretary of State to James I of England. He was a Member of Parliament of England/Parliament in 1604, 1614, 1625 and 1626.

He was an MP for Malmesbury (UK Parliament constituency)/Malmesbury in 1593, New Romney (UK Parliament constituency)/New Romney in 1601, Launceston (UK Parliament constituency)/Launceston in 1604, Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency)/Middlesx in 1614 and Wootton Bassett (UK Parliament constituency)/Wootton Bassett in 1626.

Thomas Lake was born in Southampton in 1567 the son of Almeric Lake. He attended King Edward VI School, Southampton as a day boy. This meant that he did not have the level of French language tuition accorded to boarders by his Belgian schoolmaster Adrian Saravia. He did, however, gain excellent fluency in Latin.

He became the personal secretary of Sir Francis Walsingham, the Secretary of State (England)/Secretary of State, and was nicknamed ‘Swiftsure’ for his speed and accuracy. Walsingham brought Lake to the attention of Queen Elizabeth I and he was appointed Clerk of the Signet in 1600. As one of the Queen’s favourites he travelled with her reading Latin texts to her on her progresses around the country.

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See, the thing about this is just the setting on this. You could lose your diamond right there.

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We finished captioning it five days before he died.

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There is a difference between a father and a dad. He was not only my father but my dad — and my friend.

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I think the clarity brings it down.

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