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See also:DUDLEY, BARONS AND EARLS OF . The holders of these See also:English titles are descended from See also:John de See also:Sutton (c. 1310-1359) of Dudley See also:castle, See also:Staffordshire, who was summoned to See also:parliament. as a See also:baron in 1342. Sutton was the son of another John de Sutton, who had inherited Dudley Castle through his See also:marriage with See also:Margaret, See also:sister and heiress of John de Somery (d. 1321); he was called See also:Lord Dudley, or Lord Sutton of Dudley, the latter being doubtless the correct See also:form. However, his descendants, the Suttons, were often called by the name of Dudley; and from John Dudley of Atherington, See also:Sussex, a younger son of John Sutton, the 5th baron, the earls of See also:Warwick and the See also:earl of See also:Leicester of the Dudley See also:family are descended.
John Sutton or Dudley (c. 1400-1487), the 5th baron, was first summoned to parliament in 1440, having been See also:viceroy of See also:Ireland from 1428 to 1430. He served See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VI. as a diplomatist and also as a soldier, being taken prisoner at the first See also:battle of St Albans in 1455, but this did not prevent him from enjoying the favour of See also:Edward IV. He died on the 3oth of See also:September 1487. He was succeeded as 6th baron by his See also:grandson Edward (c. 1459—1532), and one of his sons, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Dudley, was See also:bishop of See also:Durham from 1476 until his See also:death in 1483. His descendant Edward Sutton or Dudley, the 9th .baron (1567—1643),had several illegitimate sons. Among them was Dud Dudley (1599—1684), who in 1665 published Met allum See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin, describing a See also:process of making See also:iron with " See also:- PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)
pit-coale, See also:sea-coale, &c:" which was put in operation at his See also:father's ironworks at Pensnet, See also:Worcestershire, of which he was manager. His success aroused much opposition on the See also:part of other ironmasters, and his commercial ventures at Himley, at See also:Askew See also:Bridge and at See also:Bristol ended in loss and disaster. During the See also:Civil See also:War he was a See also:colonel in the See also:army of See also:Charles I.
Dying without lawful male issue in See also:June 1643, the 9th baron was succeeded in the See also:barony by his See also:grand-daughter, Frances. (1611—1697); she married Humble See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
Ward (c. 1614—1670), the son of a See also:London See also:goldsmith, who was created Baron Ward of See also:Birmingham in 1644. Their son Edward (1631—1701) succeeded both to the barony of Dudley and to that of Ward, but these were separated when his grandson William died unmarried in May 1740. The barony of Dudley passed to a See also:nephew, Ferdinando Dudley See also:Lea, falling into See also:abeyance on his death in See also:October 1757; that of Ward passed to the See also:heir male, John Ward (d. 1774), a descendant of Humble Ward. In 1763 Ward wag created See also:Viscount Dudley, and in See also:April 1823 his grandson, John William Ward (1781-1833), became the 4th viscount.
Educated at See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, John William Ward entered parliament in 1802, and except for a few months he remained in the See also:House of See also:Commons until he succeeded his father in the See also:peerage. In 1827 he was See also:minister for See also:foreign affairs under See also:Canning and then under Goderich and under See also:Wellington, resigning See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office in May 1828. As foreign minister he was only a See also:cipher; but he was a See also:man of considerable learning and had some reputation as a writer and a talker. Dudley took an See also:interest in the foundationof the university of London, and his Letters to the bishop of See also:Llandaff were published by the bishop (Edward See also:Copleston) in 184o (new ed. 1841). He was created Viscount Ednam and earl of Dudley in 1827, and when he died unmarried on the 6th of See also:March 1833 these titles became See also:extinct. His barony of Ward, however, passed to a kinsman, William Humble Ward (1781—1835), whose son, William (1817—1885), inheriting much of the dead earl's See also:great See also:wealth, was created Viscount Ednam and earl of Dudley in 186o. The 2nd earl of Dudley in this creation was the latter's son William Humble (b. 1866) ,who was lord-See also:lieutenant of Ireland from 1902 to 1906, and in 1908 was appointed See also:governor-See also:general of See also:Australia:
See H. S. Grazebrook in the See also:Herald and Genealogist, vols. ii., v. and vi.; in Notes and Queries, 2nd See also:series, vol. xi.; and in vol. ix. of the publications of the. William See also:Salt Society (1888).
End of Article: DUDLEY, BARONS AND EARLS OF
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