John Dudley (died 1580)

He was the second son of Thomas Dudley of Yanwath, Cumberland and Grace, co-heiress of Sir Lancelot Threlkeld of Yanwath. Thomas Dudley (MP) was his younger brother.^[1]

He joined the household of Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton, who secured his return as Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Carlisle in March 1553.^[2] By 1559 he had joined the household of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester.^[3] He was granted special admittance to the Inner Temple in 1561 at the same time as Leicester.^[4] He was returned as MP for Helston in 1563.^[2] This was presumably through the influence of Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford, Lord Warden of the Stannaries and father-in-law of Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick.^[5] In 1565 he became joint clerk of the signet to the Council of Wales and the Marches^[6] and governor of the royal mines in 1568.^[2]

He had acquired the manor of Stoke Newington by 1569.^[7] He died on 29 December 1580.^[2]

He married he married Elizabeth, the daughter of John Gardiner of Chalfont St Giles, Bucks, who after his death married Thomas Sutton. His daughter and heir Anne married Francis Popham (1573–1644).^[1][7]