James Brydges (1673 - 1744)

Born 6 Jan 1673 in Dewsall, Herefordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Cassandra Willoughby — married 4 Aug 1713 in Chelsea College Chapel, London, England

Descendants

Died 9 Aug 1744 at age 71 in Canons, Whitchurch, London, England

James Brydges was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

9th Baron Chandos of Sudeley

James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos was born on 6 January 1673/74, to James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos of Sudeley and Elizabeth Barnard.^[1]

He was baptised on 12 January 1673/74 at Dewsall, Herefordshire, England.^[2][3]

He was a member of parliament for Hereford from 1698 to 1714.

First marriage

Brydges married Mary Lake, daughter of Sir Thomas Lake (of Cannons, Middlesex) and Rebecca Langham. James married Mary Lake on 27 February 1695 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England.^[4]She died on 15 September 1712. The couple had two children who survived childhood:

• John Brydges, Marquess of Carnarvon (15 January 1703 – 8 April 1727)
• Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos (1 February 1708 – 28 November 1771)

Second marriage

After Mary's death, he married Cassandra Willoughby on 4 August 1713. She was the daughter of Francis Willoughby and Emma Barnard. They had no children. She died 18 July 1735.

Third marriage

On 18 April 1736, the Duke married Lydia Catherine Van Hatten, the daughter of John Van Hatten and Lydia Davall. They had no children.

Sources

1. ↑ "Chandos, Barons and Dukes of". Encyclopædia Britannica 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 838–839.
2. ↑ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 129
3. ↑ "England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZWW-CW82 : 6 March 2021), James Brydges, 1673.
4. ↑ Marriage: "England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973"
   Original data: England, Marriages, 1538-1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 942 B4H V. 10
   Ancestry au Record 9852 #4794151 (accessed 23 April 2024)
   James Bridges marriage to Mary Lake on 27 Feb 1695 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England.

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p14130.htm#i141300
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brydges,_1st_Duke_of_Chandos

See also:

• 'Jane Austen's Family through Five Generations' by Maggie Lane, published by Robert Hale Limited, London. ISBN 0 7090 4832 7. Includes extensive family trees. Details of contemporaries and other connections are also mentioned in the text.Jane Austen's Family through Five Generations