George Brydges (1620 - 1655)

Born 9 Aug 1620 in Gloucestershire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Susan (Montagu) Brydges — married 14 Dec 1637 in Totteridge, Hertfordshire, England

Husband of Jane (Savage) Pitt — married 17 Jan 1653 (to Feb 1655) in Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire, England

Descendants

Died Feb 1655 at age 34 in London, Middlesex, England

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Biography

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

George Brydges is Notable.

George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos of Sudeley was born on 9 August 1620, the son of Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos of Sudeley and Lady Anne Stanley.

He married, firstly, Lady Susan Montagu, daughter of Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester and Margaret Crouch, on 14 December 1637 at Totteridge, Hertfordshire, England.

He married, secondly, Jane Savage, ^[1]daughter of John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers and Catherine Parker, on 17 January 1652/53 at Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire, England.

George succeeded to the title of 6th Baron Chandos of Sudeley, Gloucestershire on 11 January 1621/22.

He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire in February 1641/42, was Colonel of the Regiment of Dragoons in 1642 for the King and fought in the First Battle of Newbury on 20 September 1643, having 3 horses shot out from under him, and being instrumental in breaking the enemy's cavalry.

On 13 May 1652 at Putney Heath in London he mortally wounded Colonel Henry Compton in a duel, and was found guilty by the House of Lords of manslaughter, after a year's imprisonment. He had three daughters by each of his wives.

He died in February 1654/55 aged 34, from smallpox and was buried at Sudeley.

Child of George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos of Sudeley and Jane Savage

1. Lucy Brydges+2 d. c 12 Jul 1689

Children of George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos of Sudeley

1. Catherine Brydges m. 1681 Richard Parsons as his 2nd wife. She d. 24 Aug 1682
2. Elizabeth Brydges d. 3 Feb 1718

Sources

1. ↑ England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 FHL Film Number 496691 (Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire 17 January 1652 George Lord Chandos married Jane Savage) Viewed at Ancestry. Text only

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Brydges, George, sixth Baron Chandos (1620–1655)
• The Ancient and Noble Family of the Savages of the Ards (Says he had two daughters by Jane)

• Thepeerage.com: George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos of Sudeley Cites: 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 128

• Wikipedia George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos