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Authorised form of nameDudley; Sir; Matthew (- 1721)
Dates - 1721
NationalityBritish
Date of death13 April 1721
ActivityCareer:
Sheriff of Northamptonshire (1683-1684); MP for Northampton (1703-1705); MP for Huntingdonshire (1713-1715); Commissioner of the Customs (1706-1711, 1714-death)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election30/11/1703
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
Council: 1708, 1710, 1713, 1716, 1719
RelationshipsSon of Sir William Dudley, Bart, of Clopton or Clapton, Northamptonshire, and his third wife, Mary, daughter of Paul Pindar, of London, and his wife, Susan, daughter of John Flamsted of Leicester; married Mary, daughter of Henry O'Brien, 7th Earl of Thomond, and his wife, Sarah, daughter of Sir Francis Russell, Bart, of Chippenham, Wiltshire; succeeded his father as 2nd Bart (1670)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; GEC Baronetage
Notes:
Proposed by Edward Lany
CodeNA3011
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