Sir Matthew Dudley, 2nd Baronet (1 October 1661 – 14 April 1721) was an English politician. Dudley was the son of

Sir William Dudley, 1st Baronet Sir William Dudley, 1st Baronet (c. 1597 - 18 September 1670) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1663. Dudley was the son of Edward Dudley of Clopton, Northamptonshire, and his wife Elizabeth Wood, daughter of Robert Wo ...

, of

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. He was the

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for 1684, MP for

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from 1703 to 1705 and MP for

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from 1713 to 1715. He was elected a

Fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural science, natural knowledge, incl ...

in 1703. Dudley died in 1721. he had married Mary, daughter of

Henry O'Brien, 7th Earl of Thomond Henry O'Brien, 7th Earl of Thomond Privy Council of Ireland, PC (Ire) (c. 16202 May 1691) was an Irish peer, styled Lord Ibrackan from 1639 to 1657. O'Brien was the son of Barnabas O'Brien, 6th Earl of Thomond and Anne Fermor. In 1641, he marri ...

. He had 4 sons (3 of whom predeceased him) and a daughter. He was succeeded by his surviving son, Sir William Dudley, 3rd and last Baronet.

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