John Chudleigh (MP for East Looe)

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Sir John Chudleigh (1606 - April 1634) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1626.

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Origins

Chudleigh was the eldest son of Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet (d.1656) of Ashton, Devon, (whom he predeceased), and his wife Mary Strode, eldest daughter of Sir William Strode (died 1637), MP, of Newnham, Plympton St Mary, Devon.

Career

He matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford on 1 June 1621 aged 15 and was awarded BA in 1624 and MA in 1626. [2] He was knighted at Plymouth as a captain on 28 September 1625. [3] In 1626 he was elected Member of Parliament for East Looe. [4] He was incorporated at Cambridge University in 1629. [4] [5]

Death

Chudleigh died at the age of about 28, in his father's lifetime, [4] and his brother George succeeded to the baronetcy. [6]

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References

  1. Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.478
  2. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Chocke-Colepeper', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 274-303. Date accessed: 5 May 2012
  3. Knights of England
  4. 1 2 3 CHUDLEIGH, John (1606-1634), of Ashton, Devon. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010.
  5. "Chudleigh, John (CHDH629J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  6. George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 1
Parliament of England
Preceded by
James Bagge
John Trevor
Member of Parliament for East Looe
1626
With: James Bagge
Succeeded by
William Murray
Paul Speccot