Sir John Chudleigh (1606 – April 1634) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1626.

Origins

Chudleigh was the eldest son of

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 ...

(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

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on 1 June 1621 aged 15 and was awarded BA in 1624 and MA in 1626.'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Chocke-Colepeper', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 274-303. Retrieved 5 May 2012
/ref> He was knighted at Plymouth as a captain on 28 September 1625.Knights of England
/ref> In 1626 he was elected

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for East Looe.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. He was incorporated at

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in 1629.

Death

Chudleigh died at the age of about 28, in his father's lifetime, and his brother George succeeded to the

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.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 1''
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chudleigh, John 1606 births 1634 deaths Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for East Looe English MPs 1626 People from Ashton, Devon