George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos

Who was George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos?

George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos was a supporter of Charles I of England during his struggle with Parliament, and distinguished himself at the first Battle of Newbury in 1643.

Afterwards he fought in the west of England. He paid a large fine to the parliament at the close of the First English Civil War. He killed Henry Compton in a duel at Putney on 13 May 1653, and was tried and found guilty of manslaughter after a long imprisonment, 17 May 1654. He died of smallpox in February 1655, and was buried at Sudeley Castle.

He married first Susan, daughter of Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester, by whom he had three daughters, and secondly Jane, daughter of John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers, by whom he had three daughters. His brother William succeeded him as 7th Baron Chandos. After William's death in 1676 the barony came to a kinsman, James, who was English ambassador to Constantinople from 1680 to 1685.