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Deathbef 12 Aug 1586
Burial12 Aug 1586, St Margaret's Westminster
General1st s. 4th baron. Lieut of Hammes castle, Picardy.
FatherSir John Sutton Lord Dudley (ca1495-ca1533)
MotherCicely Grey (-ca1554)
Notes for Edward Sutton Lord Dudley
m. (1) Katherine Brydges, (2) Jane Stanley, (3) Mary Howard.
Dudley castle was restored to him by Q Eliz.
DNB Main notes for Edward Sutton Lord Dudley
Co-subject: [Dudley], Edward, fourth Baron Dudley
Dates: d. 1586
Active Date: 1566
Gender
: Male
Field of Interest: Military
Occupation: Served in Ireland (1536) and Scotland (1546)

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The third baron's eldest son, Edward, was fourth Baron Dudley; saw service in Ireland in 1536 under his uncle, Lord Leonard Grey, and in Scotland in 1546; was knighted 2 Oct. 1553; was restored to Dudley Castle in 1554; was lieutenant of Hampnes, Picardy, 1556-8; and entertained Queen Elizabeth at Dudley Castle in 1575. After an unsuccessful suit to a widow Anne, lady Berkeley, he married (1) Catherine, daughter of Sir John Brydges [q.v.], first lord Chandos; (2) Jane, daughter of Edward Stanley, lord Derby; and (3) Mary, daughter of William, lord Howard of Effingham. He was buried at St. Margaret's, Westminster, 12 Aug. 1586. Edward, the fourth baron's heir, was fifth baron Dudley. He married Theodosia, daughter of Sir James Harrington, and had a son Ferdinando, created K.B. in 1610, who married Honora, daughter of Edward Seymour, lord Beauchamp, and was buried at St. Margaret's 23 Nov. 1621. The fifth baron survived his heir till 23 June 1643. He had a large illegitimate family by a mistress, Elizabeth Tomlinson of Dudley, among them Dud Dudley [q.v.]. His only legitimate representative, his son's daughter Frances (d. 1697), married Humble (d. 1670), son of William Ward, the ancestor of the later Lords Dudley and Ward (cf. William Salt, Archæolog. Soc. Coll. v. pt. 2, pp. 114-17).
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