William Brydges, 4th Baron Chandos (ca. 1552 – 1602) was an English peer and politician.
He was the younger son and heir of Edmund Brydges, 2nd Baron Chandos and Dorothy, the youngest daughter and child of Sir Edmund Braye, 1st Baron Braye.
Until he succeeded his brother Giles to the bulk of the family estates in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Worcestershire, Brydges followed the comparatively obscure existence of a younger son. In Parliament he sat for Cricklade, the stewardship of which was in his family, and twice he represented Gloucestershire, where the influence of his brother was sufficient to secure the seat.
In 1588, he was captain of a company of the Gloucestershire Trained Bands in Queen Elizabeth I's army facing the invasion threat of the Spanish Armada.
He succeeded his elder brother as Baron Chandos, and served as Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire and Member of Parliament for Cricklade.
Family
Chandos married Mary Hopton (d. 1624), daughter of Sir Owen Hopton of Cockfield, Yoxford, and Anne Echingham. Their children included;
- Grey Brydges, his heir.
- Beatrix Brydges (d. 1602), married Sir Henry Poole of Sapperton, MP for Cirencester.
- Frances Brydges, married firstly, Sir Thomas Smith of Parson's Green, Master of Requests, and secondly, Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter.
- Joan or Eleanor Brydges (d. 1616) married Sir Ambrose or Sir Thomas Turville, cupbearer to Anne of Denmark.
References
- History of Parliament https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/brydges-william-1548-1602#family-relations
- Maj Wilfred Joseph Cripps (revised by Capt Hon M.H. Hicks-Beach & Maj B.N. Spraggett), The Royal North Gloucester Militia, 2nd Edn, Cirencester: Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard Printing Works, 1914, pp. 21–23.
- W R Williams Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester
- Thomas Birch & Folkestone Williams, Court and Times of James the First, vol. 1 (London, 1848), p. 418.
| Parliament of England | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded bySir Nicholas Arnold | Member of Parliament for Cricklade 1572 |
Succeeded byRowland Leigh |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded byThe Lord Chandos | Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire 1595–1602 |
Succeeded byThe Lord Berkeley |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded byGiles Brydges | Baron Chandos 2nd creation 1594–1602 |
Succeeded byGrey Brydges |
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