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)
- Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet (c. 1578–1658)
- John Chudleigh (1606–before 1634)
- Sir George Chudleigh, 2nd Baronet (1612–1691)
- Sir George Chudleigh, 3rd Baronet (died 1718)
- Sir George Chudleigh, 4th Baronet (died 1738)
- Sir Thomas Chudleigh, 5th Baronet (died 1741)
- Sir John Chudleigh, 6th Baronet (died 1745)