Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos of Sudeley (c. 1548 – 21 February 1594) was an English courtier

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 in the reign of Elizabeth I

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He was born at Sudeley Manor, Gloucestershire, the son of Edmund Brydges, 2nd Baron Chandos

Edmund Brydges, 2nd Baron Chandos

Edmund Brydges, 2nd Baron Chandos 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:...

 and his wife Dorothy Bray

Dorothy Bray, Baroness Chandos

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. He married Lady Frances Clinton (Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire

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, 1553 - Woburn Abbey

Woburn Abbey

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, Bedfordshire

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, 12 September 1623), daughter of Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln

Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln

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 and his second wife Ursula Stourton before 1573. They had four children:

• Elizabeth Brydges (1578–?1617), Maid of Honour to Elizabeth I, married Sir John Kennedy
• John Brydges
• Catherine Brydges (c.1580–1659), married Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford
  Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford
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• Charles Brydges

Brydges was Member of Parliament

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 for Cricklade in 1571 and for Gloucestershire from 1572 to 1573. He succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Chandos of Sudeley on 11 March 1573, and held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire in 1586.

Chandos died on 21 February 1594 and was succeeded by his brother William

William Brydges, 4th Baron Chandos

William Brydges, 4th Baron Chandos was an English peer and politician.He was Baron Chandos, Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire and Member of Parliament for Cricklade....

 who became the fourth Baron Chandos of Sudeley

Duke of Chandos

The title Baron Chandos has been created twice in the Peerage of England. It was first created in 1337 when Roger de Chandos was summoned to parliament. It became extinct on his death....

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Portraits of Chandos, his wife, and his daughter Elizabeth by Hieronimo Custodis

Hieronimo Custodis

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 are in the collection of the Duke of Bedford

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 at Woburn Abbey

Woburn Abbey

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