The Queen's friendship with Dudley lasted for over thirty years, until his death.

Dudley was also entrusted with organising and overseeing a large part of the Queen's coronation festivities.

On ceremonial occasions Dudley often acted as an unofficial consort, sometimes in the Queen's stead.

He explained to her that he could not marry, not even in order to beget a Dudley heir, without his " utter overthrow ": You must think it is some marvellous cause ... that forceth me thus to be cause almost of the ruin of mine own house ... my brother you see long married and not like to have children, it resteth so now in myself ; and yet such occasions is there ... as if I should marry I am sure never to have Queen's favour ".

On the whole, Cecil and Dudley were in concord about policies while disagreeing fundamentally about some issues, such as the Queen's marriage and some areas of foreign policy.

* Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester and favourite of Elizabeth I, had a house here, in which he died, much to Elizabeth's intense sorrow, on 4 September 1588, three days before the Queen's 55th birthday.

When Robert Dudley had incurred the Queen's wrath while serving in the Netherlands as Governor-General in 1586, Ambrose wrote to him: " if I were you ...

" Ambrose Dudley entered tradition as the " Good Earl of Warwick "; this probably came about through his quiet life style, which contrasted with the colourful persona of his brother, the Queen's favourite.

Ambrose's childlessness deeply concerned the widowed Robert Dudley, who for many years dared not to remarry for fear of the Queen's displeasure, and eventually died without direct heirs himself in September 1588.

Lettice Knollys (, sometimes called Laetitia, also known as Lettice Devereux or Lettice Dudley ), Countess of Essex and Countess of Leicester ( 8 November 1543 – 25 December 1634 ), was an English noblewoman and mother to the courtiers Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex and Lady Penelope Rich ; through her marriage to Elizabeth I's favourite, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, she incurred the Queen's undying hatred.

Pregnant with her first son, she flirted with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, the Queen's favourite.

In 1578 their widowed mother married the Queen's favourite, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.

The second creation came in 1768 when Dudley Cosby, Minister Plenipotentiary to Denmark between 1763 and 1765, was made Baron Sydney, of Stradbally in the Queen's County, in the Peerage of Ireland.

He was the grandson and namesake of Dudley Cosby, who represented the Queen's County in the Irish House of Commons, and the great-nephew of William Cosby.

In Aug 1562, he was appointed deputy to Lord Robert Dudley, Master of the Queen's Horse, with a brief to report on movements of all horses through the port of Dover.

In November 1565, on the occasion of the third marriage of Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick, another member of Elizabeth's trusted circle, Henry participated in a tournament in the Queen's presence.

In accordance with his will, the castle passed first to his brother Ambrose, Earl of Warwick, and after the latter's death in 1590, to his illegitimate son, Sir Robert Dudley.

Ambrose, Robert, and Henry Dudley, the youngest brother, fought for Philip II at the Battle of St. Quentin in August 1557.

Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick | Ambrose, Earl of Warwick, Robert Dudley's elder brother

Robert Dudley was especially fascinated by the Beauchamp descent and, with his brother, adopted the ancient heraldic device of the earls of Warwick, the bear and ragged staff.

Dudley also placed his son-in-law Sir Henry Sidney and his brother Sir Andrew Dudley near the King.

John Dudley recovered the post of Lord Admiral immediately after the Protector's fall in October 1549, Thomas Seymour having been executed by his brother in March 1549.

He was the brother of David Dudley Field II, Henry Martyn Field, and Stephen Johnson Field.

Clive's older brother Dudley Starr, also known as Serge Pompidou, ( David Verrey ) became the new chef at The Lock.

His son, George Adams Jr. ( 1750 – August 14, 1795 ), continued his father's work with his younger brother Dudley, publishing an Essay on Vision ( 1789 ) and Astronomical and Geometrical Essays ( 1789 ) and succeeding his father as Instrument Maker to King George II and the British East India Company.

In 1585 he was elected member of parliament for Glamorganshire ; and in the same year he went with his elder brother, Sir Philip Sidney to the Netherlands, where he served in the war against Spain under Robert Dudley.

Sir Dudley Ryder was his grandfather and Richard Ryder his younger brother.

The garrison was first led by Sir Andrew Dudley, the Duke of Northumberland's brother, who hoped to distribute Tyndale's Bible in Dundee.

Gerrit S. Miller, of Peterboro, N. Y., made by his brother, Dudley Miller, who had been attending the noted agricultural school at Eldena, Prussia, where this breed was highly regarded.

Frederic Dudley North ( 1866 – 1921 ), great-grandson of Reverend Charles Augustus North, younger brother of the sixth earl, was a prominent civil servant in Australia.

He was the sixth son of Dudley North, 4th Baron North and was the brother of Francis North and Dudley North.

He was the grandson of Reverend William Ward, younger brother of the first Viscount Dudley and Ward.

His paternal grandfather, John Winthrop Auchincloss, was the brother of Edgar Stirling Auchincloss ( father of James C. Auchincloss ) and Hugh Dudley Auchincloss ( father of Hugh D. Auchincloss, Jr .).

Although Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Rick Dudley was ready to make Daniel his first overall choice before opening negotiations, he was convinced by Burke and Barnett that Daniel would not sign unless his brother was on the same team.

Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby, was his elder brother and the Right Reverend the Hon.

In 1620, Dudley convinced Grand Duchess Maria Maddalena, wife of the new duke Cosimo II, to ask her brother Emperor Ferdinand II, to recognize his claim to his grandfather's title of Duke of Northumberland.

The team would also be joined by various Dudley family members, notably Matt Hyson, who wrestled as their little brother Spike Dudley.

Whale was born in Dudley, England, the sixth of the seven children of William, a blast furnaceman, and Sarah, a nurse.

William Jennings Bryan assisted the prosecution ; Clarence Darrow, Arthur Garfield Hays, and Dudley Field Malone the defense.

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester was one of Elizabeth's leading statesmen, involved in domestic as well as foreign politics alongside William Cecil and Francis Walsingham.

Some of these, like William Cecil and Nicholas Throckmorton, made use of it, but did not themselves believe Dudley to be involved in the tragedy which affected the rest of his life.

* Members of Sturges's unofficial " stock company " of character actors who appear in Sullivan's Travels include George Anderson, Al Bridge, Chester Conklin, Jimmy Conlin, William Demarest, Robert Dudley, Byron Foulger, Robert Greig, Harry Hayden, Esther Howard, Arthur Hoyt, J. Farrell MacDonald, Torben Meyer, Charles R. Moore, Frank Moran, Jack Norton, Franklin Pangborn, Emory Parnell, Victor Potel, Dewey Robinson, Harry Rosenthal, Julius Tannen and Robert Warwick.

* Many members of Sturges ' unofficial " stock company " of character actors appear in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, among them Al Bridge, Georgia Caine, Chester Conklin, Jimmy Conlin, William Demarest, Robert Dudley, Byron Foulger, Esther Howard, Arthur Hoyt, J. Farrell MacDonald, George Melford, Torben Meyer, Frank Moran, Jack Norton, Emory Parnell, Victor Potel, Harry Rosenthal, Julius Tannen and Max Wagner.

* William C. Dudley ( born 1952 ), President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Open Markets Committee, he is also the husband of former Cranford Deputy Mayor Ann Darby

He is perhaps best known for his portrayals of William Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love, Sir Robert Dudley in Elizabeth, Commisar Danilov in Enemy at the Gates, Martin Luther in Luther, Merlin in Camelot, and his portrayal of Mark Benford in the 2009 TV series FlashForward.

In 1998, Fiennes appeared in two films that were nominated at the Academy Awards: he played Robert Dudley opposite Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth and he portrayed William Shakespeare opposite Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

* William Dudley Foulke, lawyer, author

Originally called " Orange ", the city was renamed Chipley in 1882, for the railroad businessman and Florida State Senator William Dudley Chipley.

* William Dudley Pelley, leader of the Christian Party and fascist Silver Legion

Later still, it was renamed Merrillville after the brothers Dudley and William Merrill.

* William Dudley Pelley ( 1890 – 1965 ), politician and founder of the Silver Legion.

* William Henry Dudley Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork and 12th Earl of Orrery ( 1873 – 1967 )

Actors known for their early support of SAG ( besides the founders ) include Edward Arnold, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Dudley Digges, Porter Hall, Paul Harvey, Jean Hersholt, Russell Hicks, Murray Kinnell, Gene Lockhart, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, Chester Morris, Jean Muir, George Murphy, Erin O ' Brien-Moore, Irving Pichel, Dick Powell, Edward G. Robinson, Edwin Stanley, Gloria Stuart, Lyle Talbot, Franchot Tone, Warren William, and Robert Young.

Condemned ( 1929 ) is an American black and white melodrama film, directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Ronald Colman, Ann Harding, Dudley Digges, Louis Wolheim, William Elmer, and Wilhelm von Brincken.

The Canningites remained influential, and the Duke of Wellington hastened to include Palmerston, Huskisson, Charles Grant, William Lamb, and The Earl of Dudley in the government he subsequently formed.

The couple had seven children: Bridget Amice Beaumont ( 1902 – 1948 ); Francis William Lionel Beaumont ( 1903 – 1941 ) ( father of John Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark ); Cyril John Astley Beaumont ( 1905 – 1973 ); Basil Ian Beaumont ( 1908 – 1909 ); Douce Alianore Daphne Beaumont ( 1910 – 1967 ); Richard Vyvyan Dudley Beaumont ( b. 1915 ); Jehanne Rosemary Ernestine Beaumont ( b. 1919 ).

William Cecil was still in the Duke of Somerset's service when he gradually shifted his loyalty to John Dudley, who made him Secretary of State and thought him " a most faithful servant and by that term most witty councillor ... as was scarce like in this realm ".

* The Coast of Utopia, a trilogy by Tom Stoppard, comprising: Voyage, Shipwreck and Salvage, directed by Trevor Nunn, with computerised video designs by William Dudley ( 2002 )

William Emerson ( 14 May 1701 – 20 May 1782 ), English mathematician, was born at Hurworth, near Darlington, where his father, Dudley Emerson, also a mathematician, taught a school.

Although there were many notable members of the Inn, both legal ( Sir Dudley Digges, Thomas Bedingfield and Francis Bacon, for example ) and non-legal ( including William Juxon, the Archbishop of Canterbury ), the list could not compare to that of the Elizabethan period.

At one meeting in the fall of 1895 that included Muir, Joseph LeConte, and William R. Dudley discussed the idea of establishing ' national forest reservations ', which were later called National Forests.