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John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland

1504 - 1553

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John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504 – 22 August 1553) was an English military officer and politician, who led the government of the young King Edward VI from 1550 until 1553, and unsuccessfully tried to install Lady Jane Grey on the English throne after the King's death. The son of Edmund Dudley, a minister of Henry VII executed by Henry VIII, John Dudley became the ward of Sir Edward Guildford at the age of seven. Dudley grew up in Guildford's household together with his future wife, Guildford's daughter Jane, with whom he was to have 13 children. Dudley served as Vice-Admiral and Lord High Admiral from 1537 until 1547, during which time he set novel standards of navy organisation and was an innovative commander at sea. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland is the 5,182nd most popular politician (up from 7,551st in 2019), the 1,169th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,498th in 2019) and the 224th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland ranks 5,181 out of 19,576. Before him are S. Jaishankar, Andrius Kubilius, Dieter Wisliceny, Duke Huan of Qi, and Al-Musta'li. After him are Seleucus V Philometor, Bahlul Lodi, Muhammad bin Nayef, Margaret of Bavaria, Victor Adler, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus.

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Among people born in 1504, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland ranks 8. Before him are George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford, Francesco Primaticcio, Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, Sin Saimdang, Guru Angad, and Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy. After him are Heinrich Bullinger, Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia, Antun Vrančić, Scipione Rebiba, Charles Estienne, and Stanislaus Hosius. Among people deceased in 1553, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland ranks 11. Before him are Michael Servetus, Şehzade Cihangir, Pedro de Valdivia, Charles III, Duke of Savoy, Maurice, Elector of Saxony, and Girolamo Fracastoro. After him are Lucrezia de' Medici, Sinan Pasha, Juan de Homedes, Lord Guildford Dudley, Francisco de Montejo, and Erasmus Reinhold.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland ranks 1,169 out of 8,785. Before him are Petula Clark (1932), Arthur Hailey (1920), Phil Taylor (1954), Marty Feldman (1934), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), and Guy Ritchie (1968). After him are Matt Busby (1909), Adam Ferguson (1723), Mary Somerville (1780), Dylan Thomas (1914), Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594), and William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland ranks 224. Before him are John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792), Margaret of York (1446), Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (1868), Joseph Chamberlain (1836), Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869), and Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428). After him are Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594), William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779), Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester (1215), Francis Walsingham (1532), Kenneth Clarke (1940), and Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild (1936).

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