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Dudley Colley

Dudley Colley

Irish politician


Dudley Colley (ca. 1621 July 1674)[1] was an Irish Member of Parliament.

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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 Rutland about 1500 and produced a line of Crown servants and soldiers. Dudley's great-grandfather Sir Henry Colley acquired Carbury Castle in 1554. Dudley's father acquired substantial lands in County Wexford.[citation needed]

He represented Philipstown[1] in the Irish House of Commons during the Parliament of Charles II.[citation needed]

By his marriage to Anne Warren he was father of Henry Colley[1] and grandfather of Henry Colley, Garret Wesley, and Richard Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington, all of whom also sat in the Irish House of Commons.[citation needed]

He was the great-great-grandfather of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.[2]


References

  1. "Person Page".



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