James Brydges (other)
James Brydges may refer to: *James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos (1642–1714), English Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire *James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1673–1744), English landowner and politician *James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos, PC (27 December 1731 – 29 September 1789), styled Viscount Wilton from 1731 to 1744 and Marquess of Carnarvon from 1744 to 1771, was an English politician. Background Chandos was the only son of H ... (1731–1789), English peer and politician See also * James Bridges (other) * Brydges (surname) {{hndis, Brydges, James ...
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James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos
James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos (1642–1714) was an English Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. He was the son of Sir John Brydges, 2nd Baronet and Mary Pearle. A graduate of St John's College, Oxford Brydges became 3rd Baronet, of Wilton, Herefordshire in 1651 and 8th Baron Chandos of Sudeley in 1686 following the death of his third cousin, William Brydges, 7th Baron Chandos. Lord Chandos had connections with the Levant Company, for example through his father-in-law Sir Robert Barnard, who was a merchant. The Levant Company controlled the appointment of the British ambassador in Constantinople, and although Charles II had some reservations about his politics, Chandos was elected by the Company on 22 April 1680. Royal Instructions were issued on 29 December. Lord Chandos arrived in Constantinople as the ambassador on 22 July 1681. Having served for only three years, he was recalled in November 1684. He left Turkey in October 1687. At this time, the Ottoman Empire was making g ...
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James Brydges, 1st Duke Of Chandos
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, (6 January 16739 August 1744) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the English House of Commons, English and House of Commons of Great Britain, British House of Commons from 1698 until 1714, when he succeeded to the peerage as Baron Chandos, and vacated his seat in the House of Commons to sit in the House of Lords. He was subsequently created Earl of Carnarvon, and then Duke of Chandos in 1719. Early life Brydges was born on the 6 January 1673 at Dewsall, Herefordshire, the fourth, but eldest surviving son of James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos and his wife Elizabeth Barnard, daughter of Sir Henry Barnard, merchant of St Dunstan-in-the-East, London, and of Bridgnorth, Shropshire. He was educated at Westminster School in 1686, and at New College, Oxford, from 1690 to 1692. He was at the Rudolph-Antoniana, Wolfenbüttel academy from 1692 to 1694 and in 1694 he was elected to the Royal Society. Political career Brydges was a Freem ...
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James Brydges, 3rd Duke Of Chandos
James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos, PC (27 December 1731 – 29 September 1789), styled Viscount Wilton from 1731 to 1744 and Marquess of Carnarvon from 1744 to 1771, was an English politician. Background Chandos was the only son of Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos, and Lady Mary Bruce, daughter of Charles Bruce, 3rd Earl of Ailesbury. He was educated at Westminster School from 1742 to 1749, and then at Göttingen University in 1750/1751. Political career Chandos was Member of Parliament for Winchester from 1754 to 1761 and for Radnorshire between 1761 and 1768.G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.'', volume III, page 45 He succeeded in the dukedom upon the death of his father on 28 November 1771. He was a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to George, Prince of Wal ...
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James Bridges (other)
James Bridges (1936–1993) was an American screenwriter and film director. James Bridges may also refer to: *James Bridges (architect) (1725–1763), English architect and civil engineer * James Whiteside Bridges (1863–1930), head of the Canadian military medical service *Jimmy Bridges (cricketer) (1887–1966), English cricketer *Jimmy Bridges (actor) (born 1960), American actor *Jim Bridges (born 1951), American bobsledder See also *James Brydges (other) James Brydges may refer to: *James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos (1642–1714), English Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire *James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1673–1744), English landowner and politician *James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos James ...