Sir Horatio Pallavicini - son of an Itlian merchant, recommended to Queen Mary and appointed Collector of Papal Taxes. According to tradition, he abjured Romanism on Mary's death and appropriated the sums collected for the Pope. He lent large sums of money to Queen Elizabeth as well as to the Netherlands and Henry of Navarre. As a gentleman-adventurer, he fitted out a ship at his own cost, and commanded her in the Channel against the Armada. He was afterwards charged with the custody of Don Alonzo de Luzon, and three other important Spanish prisoners, until an exchange was arranged. He died on 6 July 1600 and at his death the Queen owed him nearly ?9,000, equal to about ?30,000 of our money. This was never fully paid. The portrait is reproduced from John Pine's (Armada) Tapestry Hangings of the House of Lords, London, 1753. 固opFoto