death_place death_date title nationality offices wars_and_battles parents birth_date spouse article_title name
penshurst place , kent 21 october 1554 earl of warwick english master of the buckhounds master of the horse campaign against mary tudor , 1553 john dudley , 1st duke of northumberland jane guildford 1527 -lrb- ? -rrb- anne seymour john dudley , 2nd earl of warwick
 john dudley
john dudley , 2nd earl of warwick

john dudley , 2nd earl of warwick , kb -lrb- 1527 -lrb- ? -rrb-
-- 21 october 1554 -rrb- was an english nobleman and the heir of john dudley , 1st duke of northumberland , leading minister and `` de facto '' ruler under edward vi of england from 1550 -- 1553 .
as his father 's career progressed , john dudley respectively assumed his father 's former titles , viscount lisle and earl of warwick .
interested in the arts and sciences , he was the dedicatee of several books by eminent scholars , both during his lifetime and posthumously .
his marriage to the former protector somerset 's eldest daughter , in the presence of the king and a magnificent setting , was a gesture of reconciliation between the young couple 's fathers .
however , their struggle for power flared up again and ended with the duke of somerset 's execution .
in july 1553 , after king edward 's death , dudley was one of the signatories of the letters patent that set lady jane grey on the throne of england , and took arms against mary tudor , alongside his father .
the short campaign did not see any military engagements and ended as the duke of northumberland and his son were taken prisoners at cambridge .
john dudley the younger was condemned to death yet reprieved .
he died shortly after his release from the tower of london .
