Dudley Digges
Sir Dudley Digges | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury | |
| Member of Parliament for Kent | |
| In office 1610–1626 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Sir Baptist Hicks Sir Thomas Colepeper |
| In office 1628–1629 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Edward Hales Sir Edward Scot |
| Succeeded by | Personal Rule |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 May 1583 |
| Died | 18 March 1639 (aged 55) |
| Spouse | Mary Kempe |
| Children | Edward Digges |
| Parent(s) | Thomas Digges Anne St Leger |
Sir Dudley Digges (b. May 19, 1583 – d. March 18, 1639) was an English diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1610 and 1629. Digges was also a "Virginia adventurer," an investor who ventured his capital in the Virginia Company of London; his son Edward Digges would go on to be Governor of Virginia. Dudley Digges was responsible for the rebuilding of Chilham Castle, completed in around 1616.