Chudleigh Baronets
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The Chudleigh Baronetcy, of Ashton in the County of Devon, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 1 August 1622 for George Chudleigh
Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet
Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet was an English politician.Chudleigh was MP for St. Michaels 1601, East Looe 1614, Lostwithiel 1621-1622 and 1625 and Tiverton 1624-1625....

, Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for St Michael's, East Looe
East Looe (UK Parliament constituency)
East Looe was a parliamentary borough represented in the House of Commons of England from 1571 to 1707, in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1797 to 1800, and finally in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 until its abolition in 1832. It elected two Members of Parliament ...

, Lostwithiel
Lostwithiel (UK Parliament constituency)
Lostwithiel was a rotten borough in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in the English and later British Parliament from 1304 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...

 and Tiverton
Tiverton (UK Parliament constituency)
Tiverton was a constituency located in east Devon, formerly represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Enfranchised as a parliamentary borough in 1615 and first represented in 1621, it elected two Members of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1745.

John Chudleigh, elder son of the first Baronet, represented East Looe in Parliament in 1626 but predeceased his father. Mary Chudleigh, daughter of the first Baronet, married Colonel Hugh Clifford. They were the parents of Thomas Clifford
Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh , English statesman and politician, was created the first Baron Clifford of Chudleigh on 22 April 1672 for his suggestion that the King supply himself with money by stopping, for one year, all payments out of the Exchequer.He was born in Ugbrooke,...

, who was elevated to the peerage as Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, of Chudleigh in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1672 for Thomas Clifford...

 in 1672. Elizabeth Chudleigh
Elizabeth Pierrepont, Duchess of Kingston-upon-Hull
Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston , sometimes called Countess of Bristol, was the daughter of Colonel Thomas Chudleigh , and was appointed maid of honour to Augusta, Princess of Wales, in 1743, probably through the good offices of her friend, William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath.-Life:Being a...

 was the daughter of Colonel Thomas Chudleigh, younger son of the third Baronet.

Chudleigh Baronets, of Ashton (1622)

  • Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet
    Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet
    Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet was an English politician.Chudleigh was MP for St. Michaels 1601, East Looe 1614, Lostwithiel 1621-1622 and 1625 and Tiverton 1624-1625....

     (c. 1578–1658)
    • John Chudleigh (1606–before 1634)
  • Sir George Chudleigh, 2nd Baronet (1612–1691)
  • Sir George Chudleigh, 3rd Baronet (d. 1718)
  • Sir George Chudleigh, 4th Baronet (d. 1738)
  • Sir Thomas Chudleigh, 5th Baronet (d. 1741)
  • Sir John Chudleigh, 6th Baronet (d. 1745)
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