Chudleigh baronets

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, Member of Parliament for St Michael's, East Looe, Lostwithiel and Tiverton. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1745..[1]

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, who was elevated to the peerage as Baron Clifford of Chudleigh in 1672. Elizabeth Chudleigh was the daughter of Colonel Thomas Chudleigh, younger son of the third Baronet.

Chudleigh baronets, of Ashton (1622)

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