LLM456013 The Duke of Northumberland persuading Edward VI to change the succession, 1553 by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Duke of Northumberland persuading Edward VI to change the succession. Illustration from History of England by Henry Tyrrell (c 1860). John Dudley (1504-1553), Duke of Northumberland, English general, admiral and politician. John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland KG (1504 ??22 August 1553) 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. ); 穢 Look and Learn; English, out of copyright.