Sir Dudley Cullum (1657–1720), 3rd Baronet

Sir Dudley Cullum, 3rd Baronet (17 September 1657 – 16 September 1720) was an English Member of Parliament and horticultural author. Dudley Cullum was the son of Sir Thomas Cullum, Bart., of Badmondesfield,

Wickhambrook Wickhambrook is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk (district), West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It is about south-west from Bury St Edmunds, halfway to Haverhill, Suffolk, Haverhill, off the A143 road. Wickhambroo ...

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. He was educated in

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and at

St John's College, Cambridge St John's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is a charitable corpo ...

. He succeeded as third

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(of Hastede in Suffolk) on 16 October 1680. He was appointed

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for 1690 and from 1702 to 1705 was

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for

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