Dudley Colley (ca. 1621 – July 1674) was an Irish

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. He was the son of Sir Henry Colley (ca. 1585-1637) and Anne Peyton, daughter of Sir Christopher Peyton. The Colley or Cowley family had come to Ireland from

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about 1500 and produced a line of Crown servants and soldiers. Dudley's great-grandfather Sir Henry Colley acquired

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Castle in 1554. Dudley's father acquired substantial lands in County Wexford. He represented Philipstown in the

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during the Parliament of Charles II. By his marriage to Anne Warren he was father of Henry Colley and grandfather of Henry Colley, Garret Wesley, and

Richard Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington Richard Colley Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington ( – 31 January 1758) was an Irish peer, best remembered as the grandfather of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Biography Richard Colley (as he was christened) was born around 1690, the son ...

, all of whom also sat in the Irish House of Commons. He was the great-great-grandfather of

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish people, Anglo-Irish soldier and Tories (British political party), Tory statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of Uni ...

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Irish MPs 1661–1666 Politicians from County Kildare Year of birth uncertain 1620s births 1674 deaths Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for King's County constituencies People from Carbury, County Kildare {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub