Sir Giles Brydges, 1st Baronet

Sir Giles Brydges, 1st Baronet (1573 - August 1637) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1629.

Brydges was the son of Hon Charles Brydges of Wilton Castle Ross Herefordshire. He matriculated at St Alban Hall, Oxford on 27 Nov 1590 aged 17. He was created baronet on 17 May 1627.[1]

In 1621, Brydges was elected Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury.[2] In 1625 he was High Sheriff of Herefordshire.[1] He was elected MP for Herefordshire in 1625 and 1628, and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.[1]

Brydges married on 16 January 1620 Mary Scudamore, daughter of Sir James Scudamore MP of Holme Lacey Hereford. His grandson became Lord Chandos.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 W R Williams Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester
  2. ↑ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Sir John Ratcliffe
Sir Dudley Digges		 Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury
1628-1629
With: Sir Dudley Digges		 Succeeded by
Sir Dudley Digges
Baptist Hicks, 1st Viscount Campden
Preceded by
Robert Harley
Walter Pye		 Member of Parliament for Herefordshire
1628-1629
With: Walter Pye		 Succeeded by
Parliament suspended until 1640