Sir Robert Dudley was an English explorer and cartographer. In 1594, he led an expedition to the West Indies, of which he wrote an account. The illegitimate son of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, the lifelong favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, he inherited the bulk of the Earl's estate in accordance with his father's will, including Kenilworth Castle.
- Occupation
- explorer, cartographer, engineer, geographer
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- August 7, 1574, August 7, 1573
- Died
- September 6, 1649
