Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley [SEP] date of death
Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley
Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley (17 September 1567 – 23 June 1643) was a major landowner, mainly in Staffordshire and Worcestershire, and briefly a Member of the House of Commons of England. Through his intemperate behaviour he won widespread notoriety, completed the financial ruin of his family, and was the last of his name to bear the title.
Background and early life.
Dudley's father was Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley, a distinguished soldier who managed to regain the
to Sir Ferdinando Sutton, the then heir to the Barony of Dudley, and Honora, daughter of Edward Seymour. Frances was baptized on 18 August 1611, also at Dudley Castle. On the death of her father in 1621, Frances became the heir apparent to the barony, then held by her grandfather Edward Sutton, the 5th Baron Dudley. During the time that he held the title, Baron Dudley had severe financial difficulties. In 1628, he married his granddaughter to Humble Ward, the son of a wealthy London goldsmith