After King Edward, now fourteen, had raised his father to the dukedom of Northumberland in October 1551, John Dudley was at first styled, and in January 1553, created Earl of Warwick so that he could attend the House of Lords.
After King Edward, now fourteen, had raised his father to the dukedom of Northumberland in October 1551, John Dudley was styled Earl of Warwick. In January 1553 he was summoned to Parliament in his own right, so that he could attend the House of Lords.