John Chudleigh

Who is John Chudleigh?

Sir John Chudleigh was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1628 to 1629.

Chudleigh was the eldest son of Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet of Devon and his wife Mary Strode, daughter of Sir William Strode, of Newnham, Devon. He matriculated from Wadham College, Oxford on 1 June 1621 aged 15 and was awarded BA in 1624 and MA in 1626. He was knighted at Plymouth as a captain on 28 September 1625. In 1628, he was elected Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. He was incorporated at Cambridge University in 1629.

Chudleigh died at the age of about 28 in his father's lifetime and his brother George succeeded to the baronetcy.