Sir Edmund Ludlow (bef. 1548 – 1624) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1571 and 1622. Ludlow was born before 1548, the eldest son of George Ludlow of

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, Wiltshire, and his wife Edith, daughter of

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of Stanwell, Middlesex. In 1571, he was elected

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for

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. He succeeded to the estates of his father in June 1580 and was a J.P. for Wiltshire from that time on. He was

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from 1586 to 1587. In 1597 he was elected MP for Ludgershall. He was knighted on 14 September 1601. In 1604 he was elected MP for Hindon, and was re-elected in 1614. During his life he was involved in numerous lawsuits, and was conspicuously intractable with regard to matters of money and property. He lived at

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, Wiltshire in his later years. Ludlow married firstly Bridget Coker, daughter of Henry Coker of

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, Dorset, and had three sons, including

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(also an MP), and seven daughters. Bridget died in 1587 and he married secondly Lady Margaret Howard, widow of

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, and daughter of Sir Henry Manning, knight marshal of the Household. They had at least four sons and two daughters. His son by his second wife, Sir Henry Ludlow, was another MP, and Sir Henry's son,

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, was one of the regicides.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ludlow, Edmund 1624 deaths Year of birth uncertain English MPs 1571 English MPs 1597–1598 English MPs 1604–1611 English MPs 1614 High Sheriffs of Wiltshire

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