Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley (1525 – 12 July 1586) was an English nobleman and soldier. Contemporary sources also refer to him as Sir Edward Dudley.

Life

He served in Ireland (1536) under his uncle Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane

Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane

Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane , known as Lord Leonard Grey prior to 1536, served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1536 to 1540....

, and in Scotland (1546), where in 1547 he was governor of Hume Castle

Hume Castle

Hume Castle is the heavily modified remnants of a late 12th or early 13th century "Castle of enceinte".The village of Hume is located between Greenlaw and Kelso, two miles north of the village of Stichill, in Berwickshire, Scotland....

 after its capture by the English forces. Hume was retaken by the Scots in December 1548, and Sutton captured. At the end of the war, on 28 March 1550, the Earl of Shrewsbury

Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury

Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, 5th Earl of Waterford, 11th Baron Talbot KG was the son of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury and Anne Hastings....

 was asked by the Privy Council

Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign in the United Kingdom...

 to organise his release by the exchange of French hostages to the value of £200.

He was knighted in 1553 and was restored to ownership of his ancestral Dudley Castle

Dudley Castle

Dudley Castle is a ruined castle in the town of Dudley, West Midlands, England. Dudley Zoo is located in its grounds. The location, Castle Hill, is an outcrop of Wenlock Group limestone that was extensively quarried during the Industrial Revolution, and which now along with Wren's Nest Hill is a...

, which had been forfeited to the Crown by the attainder of his cousin the Duke of Northumberland

John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland

John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, KG was an English general, admiral, 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...

 in 1554. He was lieutenant of Hampnes, in Picardy, from 1556 to 1558; and entertained Queen Elizabeth at Dudley Castle, 1575.

Edward succeeded his father (known as the "Lord Quondam" that is 'Lord Formerly') as Baron Dudley in 1553. He was buried at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster. He was succeeded by his son, Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley

Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley

Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley inherited the lordship of Dudley from his father, also Edward Sutton, and was the last of his name to bear the title. He was married to Theodosia Harrington...

 (1556-1643).

Family

He was the son of John Sutton, 3rd Baron Dudley

John Sutton, 3rd Baron Dudley

John Sutton, 3rd Baron Dudley , commonly known as Lord Quondam, was the eldest son and heir of Sir Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley and his wife Lady Cicely Sutton, a descendant of Edward III of England....

 and Lady Cicely Grey, daughter of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset

Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset

Thomas Grey, 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and 1st Marquess of Dorset, KG , was an English nobleman, courtier and a man of mediocre abilities pushed into prominence by his mother Elizabeth Woodville's second marriage to the king, Edward IV.-Family:Thomas was born about 1455,...

; and the grandson of Edmund Sutton

Edmund Sutton

Sir Edmund Sutton was a Knight of Dudley Castle and Gatescombe. Sutton was born in Dudley, the eldest son of John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, KG, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Berkeley....

, Knight of Dudley Castle and Baron Tibertot and Cherleton (born 1425).

Edward married:

1. Katherine Brydges, the daughter of John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos

John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos

John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos was an English Member of Parliament and later peer. His name is also sometimes spelt Bruges....

 and Elizabeth (nee Grey) of Wilton (m. 1556)

2. Jane Stanley, (a daughter of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby

Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby

Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby was an English nobleman.At the age of thirteen, Edward received the titles and estates of his father, the 2nd Earl of Derby, and King Henry VIII took responsibility for bringing him up until he was of age...

) (m. 1567). By the Lady Jane Stanley he had the following children:

• Edward Dudley, who became the 5th Baron Dudley - (b. 17 September 1567, d. 23 June 1643).
• John Dudley - (b. 30 November 1569, d. c. Feb 1644/45).

3. Mary Howard, the daughter of William, 1st Baron Howard

William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham

William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham , was the eldest son of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk by his second wife, Agnes Tilney...

(m. 1570).