. Historical portraits ... Marquis of Dorset, and MargaretWotton, succeeded his father in the Marquisate in 1530. Hemarried Frances, elder daughter of Charles Brandon, Duke ofSuffolk, and Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VH, and became thefather of the Ladies Jane and Katharine Grey. He was a weak,unprincipled creature, who owed his importance entirely to hismarriage and his wealth. He followed Northumberland, who gavehim in 1551 the Dukedom of Suffolk, was involved in the attempt ofthat schemer to change the succession in June 1553, and displayedcowardice when the plot failed and the lives of hi
. Historical portraits ... Marquis of Dorset, and MargaretWotton, succeeded his father in the Marquisate in 1530. Hemarried Frances, elder daughter of Charles Brandon, Duke ofSuffolk, and Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VH, and became thefather of the Ladies Jane and Katharine Grey. He was a weak,unprincipled creature, who owed his importance entirely to hismarriage and his wealth. He followed Northumberland, who gavehim in 1551 the Dukedom of Suffolk, was involved in the attempt ofthat schemer to change the succession in June 1553, and displayedcowardice when the plot failed and the lives of himself and hisdaughter Jane were in grave danger. For the moment he escapedwith a fine, but, when Wyatts revolt broke out, he fled to theMidlands and tried to raise his own tenantry against Queen attempt collapsed; he went into hiding, was discovered, foundguilty of high treason and executed in February 1554. The bestthing that can be said for him is that he was a firm Protestant, andhe met his death with
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