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Dudley, Lord Guildford d.1554
English nobleman

The fourth son of John Dudley, Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland, he was persuaded by his father to marry the unwilling Lady Jane Grey (1553) as Edward VI lay dying, and then proclaimed her queen on 9 July. After the accession of Mary I, Tudor (Edward's sister), Dudley and his wife were imprisoned in the Tower of London and beheaded.