The Dudley baronetcy, of Clopton in the County of Northampton, was created in the Baronetage of England on 1 August 1660 for William Dudley. He was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire that year, and was briefly Member of Parliament for Northampton in 1663.[1][2] The 2nd Baronet represented both Northampton and Huntingdonshire in Parliament.[3]
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The title became extinct on the death of the 3rd Baronet in 1764.[1]
Dudley baronets, of Clopton (1660)
edit- Sir William Dudley, 1st Baronet (died 1670)[2][1]
- Sir Matthew Dudley, 2nd Baronet (1661–1721)[3][1]
- Sir William Dudley, 3rd Baronet (1696–1764)[1]
Notes
edit- ^ a b c d e Cokayne, George Edward (1903). Complete Baronetage. Vol. III. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 100–101.
- ^ a b "Dudley, Sir William, 1st Bt. (c.1607-70), of Clopton, Northants., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
- ^ a b "Dudley, Sir Matthew, 2nd Bt. (1661-1721), of Clopton, Northants. and St. James's Street, Westminster, History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.