George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos
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The Lord Chandos | |
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 Inscription on the lead coffin of George Brydges | |
| Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire | |
| In office 1641–1642 | |
| Monarch | Charles I |
| Preceded by | Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton |
| Succeeded by | English Interregnum |
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| Born | 1620 Sudeley Castle |
| Died | 6 February 1655 London |
| Resting place | St. Mary's Church, Sudeley Castle |
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| Allegiance | Royalist |
| Battles/wars | First English Civil War
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George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos (1620–1655), was an English peer who supported Charles I in the English Civil War.
Life
[edit]He was born 9 August 1620,[1] the elder son of Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos (c. 1580 – 10 August 1621) and Lady Anne Stanley.[2] His mother was the great-granddaughter of King Henry VIII's sister, Mary Tudor.[3] Following his father's unexpected death in 1621, which left his mother with four young children and a modest income, his mother married the recently widowed Mervyn Tuchet, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven.[4] George spent much of his childhood in the care of his maternal grandmother Alice Spencer, Countess of Derby.[5] Following his death, Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester became his guardian.[1] In February 1638 he went abroad to finish his education.[6]
According to his later account, on reaching 21 and the end of his wardship he had an estate worth £3,120 per annum. His actual income was significantly reduced by the need to provide annuities for his mother and younger brother.[6]
Through his possession of Sudeley Castle George was an important landowner in Gloucestershire, although his youth meant that he had not established himself as a political force.[7] At the outbreak of the Civil War he received a Commission of array from the king. His attempt to execute this in Cirencester met with considerable opposition and he had to flee from the town.[8][9] Rather than remain at Sudeley, a strategic stronghold, he went with men and plate to join the king[10] and subsequently distinguished himself at the first Battle of Newbury in 1643.[11] Afterwards, he fought in the west of England. At the close of the First English Civil War, he paid a large fine to Parliament.
In 1649, after the end of the civil war, Parliament ordered the slighting of his residence, Sudeley Castle, to ensure that it could never again be used as a military post. In 1650, he received some financial compensation for the loss of the castle but not enough for reconstruction. The castle remained semi-derelict.[12][13]
George Brydges firstly married Lady Susan Montagu, daughter of Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester, by whom he had three daughters, and secondly, Lady Jane Savage, daughter of John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers, by whom he had another three daughters. His brother, William Brydges, succeeded him as 7th Baron Chandos. William died in 1676, and was succeeded as 8th Baron by a kinsman, James Brydges, who was English ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, from 1680 to 1685.[11]
On 13 May 1653, George killed Colonel Henry Compton, son of Sir Henry Compton, in one of the first recorded duels at Putney, and was tried and found guilty of manslaughter on 17 May 1654 after a long imprisonment. On 6 February 1655, he died of smallpox, and was buried at Sudeley Castle, his residence.
References
[edit]- ^ a b {[cite book|title=Annals of Winchcombe and Sudeley|first=Emma|last=Dent|date=1877|page=254}}
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). "Brydges, Grey". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 7. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. p. 84.
- ^ Herrup, Cynthia B. (2001). A House in Gross Disorder. OUP. pp. 12–13.
- ^ Herrup 2001, p. 14.
- ^ a b Dent & 1877 255.
- ^ Warmington, A.R. (1997). Civil War, Interregnum and Restoration in Gloucestershire 1640-1672. p. 20.
- ^ Wroughton, John (1999). An Unhappy Civil War. pp. 18–19.
- ^ Warmington 1997, p. 33.
- ^ Dent 1877, p. 258.
- ^ a b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Chandos, Barons and Dukes of s.v. John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 838.
- ^ Dent, Emma (1877). Annals of Winchcombe and Sudeley. Sudeley Castle. pp. 285–286.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "History". Sudeley Castle. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
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