The Chudleigh Baronetcy, of Ashton in the County of Devon, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 1 August 1622 for George Chudleigh (d.1656),

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for St Michael's, East Looe,

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and Tiverton. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1745.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 1''
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John Chudleigh Sir John Chudleigh (1606 – April 1634) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1626. Origins Chudleigh was the eldest son of Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet (d.1656) of Ashton, Devon, (whom he predeceased), and his wi ...

(born 1606), the elder son of the 1st Baronet predeceased his father, having served as

for East Looe in 1626. Mary Chudleigh, 2nd daughter of the 1st Baronet, married Colonel Hugh Clifford and was the mother of

Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1 August 1630 – 17 October 1673) was an English statesman who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1672 when he was created Baron Clifford. Background Clifford was born in Ugbrooke, the so ...

, elevated to the peerage in 1672. The wife of the 3rd Baronet was the notable poet Mary, Lady Chudleigh (1656-1710). Elizabeth Chudleigh (1720-1788), the daughter of Colonel Thomas Chudleigh, younger son of the 3rd Baronet, was the wife of

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(1724-1779) and the bigamous wife of

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(1711-1773), who built for her a grand London

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called Chudleigh House (later called

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) on

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in the City of Westminster. The 4th Baronet (died 1738) abandoned the ancient family seat of Ashton and built himself nearby a grand mansion named

Haldon House Haldon House (pronounced: "Hol-don") on the eastern side of the Haldon Hills in the parishes of Dunchideock and Kenn, near Exeter in Devon, England, was a large Georgian country house largely demolished in the 1920s. The surviving north wing of ...

, influenced by Buckingham House in London.

Chudleigh baronets, of Ashton (1622)

Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet (c. 1578 – 15 January 1658), of Ashton, Devon, was an English landowner and politician, who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1625. He had close family connections to a group of Dev ...

(c. 1578–1658) **

(1606–before 1634) *Sir George Chudleigh, 2nd Baronet (1612–1691) *Sir George Chudleigh, 3rd Baronet (died 1718) *Sir George Chudleigh, 4th Baronet (died 1738) *Sir Thomas Chudleigh, 5th Baronet (died 1741) *Sir John Chudleigh, 6th Baronet (died 1745)

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