670884 Execution of the Duke of Northumberland on Tower Hill, 1553 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Execution of the Duke of Northumberland on Tower Hill, 1553. Illustration for the Historical Scrap Book (Cassel, c 1880). Digitally cleaned image. 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.