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 appears to have been a deserving young Nobleman, and is said of all the Duke of Northumberland’s sons, to have been the least like his father. However, it was a very unfortunate marriage to the Lady Jane; it was brought about By the Duke of Northumberland to promote his own ambitious designs; which did in the end prove fatal not only to him, but to this amiable Lady, as well as to her husband.

In what manner, and with what views, Lady Jane was appointed successor to King Edward, to the exclusion of the Princesses Mary and Elizabeth, might have been easily perceived: It is sufficient to observe, that she was altogether uninfluenced by any ambitious views, and that this settlement of the succession was in no respect agreeable to her.— Indeed, it does not appear, that she was at all consulted about it, either by her father, who had now been some time created Duke of Suffolk, or by the Duke of Northumberland; nor does she seem even to have been acquainted with it till after the death of Edward.