GREY, LADY JANE

(1537-54), Eng. ‘Nine days’ Queen’; granddau. of Henry VIITI.’s sister Mary; early acquired wide knowledge of cla ical and modern languages; m. Lord Guild ford Dudley, whose _ f.,. Duke of North umber land, proclaimed her Queen in 1553; but on Mary’s acce ion she was sent to Tower; beheaded, 1554.