Sir John Dryden, 2nd Baronet (c. 1580 – c. 1658) was an English politician who sat in the

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in two periods between 1640 and 1654. Dryden was the son of

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and his wife Frances Wilkes, daughter of William Wilkes of Hodnel, Warwickshire. In 1632, he succeeded to the

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on the death of his father. He was

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in 1634.John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> In November 1640, Dryden was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the

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. In 1654, he was re-elected MP for Northamptonshire in the

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. Dryden married firstly Priscilla Quarles, daughter of James Quarles of Romford Essex, and sister of the poet Francis Quarles, and secondly Anne Parvis, daughter of Henry Parvis of Ruckholts, Essex. He had no children from his first two wives. He married thirdly Honor Bevill, daughter of Sir Robert Bevill, of Chesterton, and by her had a family. His eldest son

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succeeded to the baronetcy. Dryden was an uncle of the poet

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