James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
The Duke of Chandos | |
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Portrait by Michael Dahl, 1719 | |
| Member of Parliament for Hereford | |
| In office 1707–1714 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Scudamore |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 January 1673 Herefordshire, England |
| Died | 9 August 1744 (aged 71) Little Stanmore, Middlesex, England |
| Spouses | Mary Lake
(m. 1695; died 1712)Lydia Catherine van Hatten Davall
(m. 1736) |
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| Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
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James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, PC, DL, FRS (6 January 1673 – 9 August 1744) was a British landowner and politician who represented Hereford in the English and British House of Commons from 1698 until 1714, when he succeeded to his father's peerage as Baron Chandos and started sitting in the House of Lords. He was subsequently created Earl of Carnarvon, and then Duke of Chandos in 1719.