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Dudley's family was of English descent, [5] and he was a lineal descendant of colonial Massachusetts governor Thomas Dudley. [6] He was educated in the Covington public schools, graduating from Covington High School in 1876. Dudley devoted himself largely to scientific study. By 1875 he had already published an article in Scientific American. [7]
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Earl of Dudley, of Dudley Castle in the County of the West Midlands (though previously in the County of Stafford) is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, both times for members of the Ward family.
The first female Mayor of Dudley was Dr Katherine Churchill Rogers. She was elected in 1971, and then again in 1985. [7] In 1974 the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley was created from the former County Borough of Dudley and other neighbouring local authorities. The first mayor of the new Metropolitan Borough of Dudley was Mrs. Mary J.Pargeter. [7]
Steel was first produced in August 1894. However, the company had run into financial difficulty and on 26 November 1894, the company went into liquidation, resulting in repossession by the Dudley Estate. [4] A new company, The Earl of Dudley's Round Oak Works Ltd, was established on 15 July 1897 under the ownership of the Dudley family.
The ruins of Dudley Priory, founded by Gervase Paganell following the wishes of his father, Ralph. The first of the family of Paganell to hold Dudley Castle and the barony of Dudley was Fulke Paganell around the year 1100. Dudley Castle was originally a wooden Norman castle, built by Ansculf de Picquigny, a follower of William the Conqueror. [1]
Lord Guildford Dudley was portrayed by John Mills in the 1936 film Tudor Rose, [49] Cary Elwes in the 1986 film Lady Jane, [50] Jacob Avery in the 2022 drama series Becoming Elizabeth, [51] and Edward Bluemel in the 2024 television series My Lady Jane. [52] He is also a character in Alison Weir's Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey (2007).
Edward Richard Dudley (March 11, 1911 – February 8, 2005) was an American lawyer, judge, civil rights activist and the first African American to hold the rank of Ambassador of the United States, as ambassador to Liberia from 1949 to 1953.