George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos

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Inscription on the leaden coffin of George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos of Sudeley

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Life

He was born 9 August 1620,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> the elder son of Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos (c. 1580 – 10 August 1621) and Lady Anne Stanley.<ref>Template:DNB</ref> His mother was the great-granddaughter of King Henry VIII's sister, Mary Tudor.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Following his father's unexpected death in 1621, which left his mother with four young children and a modest income, his mother married the recently widowed Mervyn Tuchet, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> George spent much of his childhood in the care of his maternal grandmother Alice Spencer, Countess of Derby.Template:Sfn Following his death, Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester became his guardian.Template:Sfn In February 1638 he went abroad to finish his education.Template:Sfn

According to his later account, on reaching 21 and the end of his wardship he had an estate worth £3,120 per annum. His actual income was significantly reduced by the need to provide annuities for his mother and younger brother.Template:Sfn

Through his possession of Sudeley Castle George was an important landowner in Gloucestershire, although his youth meant that he had not established himself as a political force.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> At the outbreak of the Civil War he received a Commission of array from the king. His attempt to execute this in Cirencester met with considerable opposition and he had to flee from the town.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Sfn Rather than remain at Sudeley, a strategic stronghold, he went with men and plate to join the king,Template:Sfn but remained an important figure in the royalist administration of the county.Template:Sfn He subsequently distinguished himself at the first Battle of Newbury in 1643.<ref name="EB1911">{{#if: |

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In 1649, after the end of the civil war, Parliament ordered the slighting of Sudeley Castle, to ensure that it could never again be used as a military post. In 1650, he received some financial compensation for the loss of the castle but not enough for reconstruction. The castle remained semi-derelict.Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On the death of his mother in 1647, Lord Chandos had inherited Harefield Place, Middlesex.<ref name=VCH>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Two daughters were baptised at Harefield in 1650 and 1651 and his wife was buried there in 1652.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

In 1651 he corresponded with Charles II, raising hopes that he would again act as a royalist leader in Gloucestershire.Template:Sfn He was arrested in April 1651, but although bailed he fled abroad in May 1652 after killing Colonel Henry Compton, son of Sir Henry Compton in one of the first recorded duels at Putney.Template:Sfn He returned the following year and was convicted of manslaughter and burned in the hand 'a strange doom for a nobleman'.Template:Sfn

On 6 February 1655, he died of smallpox at his house in Covent Garden, and was buried at Sudeley.Template:Sfn As he had a number of daughters but no male heir, he was succeeded by his younger brother William.

Family

He married twice:<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1. Lady Susan Montagu (d. 1652), daughter of his guardian Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester

2. Lady Jane Savage, daughter of John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers. She was left a substantial estate by her husband, including his Gloucestershire estates and the manor of Haresfield.<ref name=VCH /><ref name=HoP>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> By her, he had a daughter, Lucy, who married Adam Loftus, 1st Viscount Lisburne. She subsequently married Sir William Sedley and George Pitt.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=HoP /><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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