Short answers, pulled from the story.
Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl of Wiltshire was born in about 1477 at Hever Castle in Kent. His father Sir William Boleyn had purchased Blickling Hall in Norfolk from his own father Sir Geoffrey Boleyn.
Henry VIII invested him as a Knight of the Garter in 1523. The king elevated Thomas Boleyn to Viscount Rochford on the 18th of June 1525 and he received the titles Earl of Wiltshire and Earl of Ormond on the 8th of December 1529.
Five children were attested though only three survived childhood. Mary Boleyn died on the 19th of July 1543 while Anne Boleyn became Queen Consort of England from 1533 until 1536 before her judicial execution alongside her brother Lord Rochford.
Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl of Wiltshire died at Hever Castle and was buried in St Peter's Church in Hever. Two earls of Ormond existed in the Kingdom until Thomas died on the 12th of March 1539.
Sir Michael Hordern portrayed Thomas Boleyn in Anne of the Thousand Days released in 1969 while Benjamin Whitrow played him in a production titled Henry VIII. Jack Shepherd and Mark Rylance appeared in film versions of The Other Boleyn Girl during 2003 and 2008 respectively.