Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English courtier and favourite of Elizabeth I, courtier and favourite of Elizabeth I
Dates: 1532–1588
Biography
Elizabethan courtier and royal favourite who received Diddington, with Knowle, from Elizabeth I in 1573. The manor reverted to the Crown after his death in 1588.
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