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John DUDLEY, Duke of Northumberland
Chancellor of the University, 1551 .
S. of Edmund, privy councillor to Henry VII. B. c 1502 .
Knighted, in France , 1523 .
Created Viscount Lisle, 1542 ; Earl of Warwick, 1547 ; and Duke of Northumberland, 1551 .
Earl Marshal, 1551 .
K.G. 1543 .
Governor of Boulogne [ France ], 1544 .
Ambassador to France , 1546 .
A very distinguished military commander.
Supported the claims of his daughter-in-law, Lady Jane Grey, to the throne.
[Died]; Executed on Tower Hill [ London ], 22 Aug., 1553.
Father of Ambrose and Robert (1564).
( Cooper, I. 112; D.N.B. ; G.E.C. )
John DUDLEY, Duke of Northumberland
Approx. lifespan: 1502–1553
Chancellor of the University 1551
s. of Edmund DUDLEY privy councillor to Henry VII.
b. c1502
Knighted, in France 1523
Created Viscount Lisle 1542 ; Earl of Warwick 1547 ; and Duke of Northumberland 1551
Earl Marshal 1551
K.G. 1543
Governor of Boulogne, [ France ] 1544
Ambassador to France 1546
A very distinguished military commander.
Supported the claims of his daughter-in-law, Lady Jane Grey, to the throne.
d. executed on Tower Hill, [ London ] 1553:08:22
father of Ambrose DUDLEY, Earl of Warwick (1564)
father of Robert DUDLEY (1564)
( Cooper I. 112; D.N.B. ; G.E.C. )

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