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| − | Of [[location::Chilham Castle, Kent]], son of [[family::Thomas Digges]] (c.[[date of birth::1546]]-[[date of | + | Of [[location::Chilham Castle, Kent]], son of [[family::Thomas Digges]] (c.[[date of birth::1546]]-[[date of death::1595]]) and his wife, [[family::Anne Digges|Anne]] or Agnes (d. in or after [[date of death::1595]]). BA [[education::University College, Oxford]] 1601. [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Tewkesbury]] 1610 and 1614. A diplomat, Digges served as [[occupation::ambassador]] to [[location::Muscovy]] 1618-19 and as [[occupation::Special Ambassador]] to [[location::Holland]] in 1620. [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Kent]] in 1628 until 1629. He became a [[occupation::bencher]] of [[organisations::Gray's Inn]] in 1631, [[occupation::master in chancery]] from 1631 to 1637, and [[occupation::Master of the Rolls]] in 1638. |
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Revision as of 17:58, 4 June 2020
Sir Dudley DIGGES 1583-1639
Biographical Note
Of Chilham Castle, Kent, son of Thomas Digges (c.1546-1595) and his wife, Anne or Agnes (d. in or after 1595). BA University College, Oxford 1601. MP for Tewkesbury 1610 and 1614. A diplomat, Digges served as ambassador to Muscovy 1618-19 and as Special Ambassador to Holland in 1620. MP for Kent in 1628 until 1629. He became a bencher of Gray's Inn in 1631, master in chancery from 1631 to 1637, and Master of the Rolls in 1638.
Books
Books with his armorial stamp – or possibly that of his brother Leonard – survive.
Sources
- British Armorial Bindings.
- Kelsey, Sean. "Digges, Sir Dudley (1582/3–1639), politician and diplomat." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.