Edmund Brydges, 2nd Baron Chandos explained

Edmund Brydges
Termend:1573
Predecessor4:John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos
Termend4:1573
Termstart4:1542
Office4:Constable of Sudeley Castle
Termend3:1547
Termstart3:1545
Office3:Member of Parliament for Wootton Bassett
Honorific Suffix:2nd Baron Chandos of Sudeley, KG
Office:Vice-Admiral of Gloucestershire
Termstart:1559
Successor:Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos
Termend2:1573
Office2:Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire
Honorific Prefix:The Right Honourable
Termstart2:1559
Successor2:Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos
Birth Date:bef. 1522
Death Date:11 March 1573
Death Place:Sudeley Castle
Spouse:Dorothy Bray, Baroness Chandos
Children:
Parents:
Monarch2:Queen Elizabeth I
Monarch3:King Henry VIII
Battles:Italian War of 1542-46

Rough Wooing

Edmund Brydges, 2nd Baron Chandos (before 1522  - 11 March 1573) was an English peer and politician. He was a Knight of the Garter, Baron Chandos, Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire and Vice-Admiral of Gloucestershire.

Life

He was the eldest son and heir of John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos of Sudeley Manor, Gloucestershire and Elizabeth Grey, daughter of Edmund Grey, 9th Lord Grey of Wilton. He succeeded to the barony on 12 April 1557 upon the death of his father.

He served in the army in France in 1544 and then in Scotland, being knighted in 1547 at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh. He was elected Member of Parliament for Wootton Bassett in 1545 and knight of the shire for Gloucestershire in 1553. He was elevated to Knight of the Garter in 1572.[1]

He was the first husband of Dorothy Bray, who, several years prior to their marriage in 1546, had engaged in a love affair at court with William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton. Chandos and Dorothy together had five sons and a daughter.

Chandos died in 1573 and was succeeded by his eldest son Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos and, after the death of Giles in 1594, by his younger son William Brydges, 4th Baron Chandos.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: History of Parliament. History of Parliament Trust. 2011-10-29.