Dudley Digges

Sir
Dudley Digges
Member of Parliament
for Tewkesbury
Member of Parliament
for Kent
In office
1610–1626
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded bySir Baptist Hicks
Sir Thomas Colepeper
In office
1628–1629
Preceded bySir Edward Hales
Sir Edward Scot
Succeeded byPersonal Rule
Personal details
Born(1583-05-19)19 May 1583
Died18 March 1639(1639-03-18) (aged 55)
SpouseMary Kempe
ChildrenEdward Digges
Parent(s)Thomas Digges
Anne St Leger

Sir Dudley Digges (b. May 19, 1583d. March 18, 1639) was an English diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1610 and 1629. Digges was also a "Virginia adventurer," an investor who ventured his capital in the Virginia Company of London; his son Edward Digges would go on to be Governor of Virginia. Dudley Digges was responsible for the rebuilding of Chilham Castle, completed in around 1616.[1]

  1. ^ History of Chilham Castle Retrieved 8 September 2021