1. Digges was 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.
12 Facts About Dudley Digges
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Dudley Digges was responsible for the rebuilding of Chilham Castle, completed in around 1616.
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Dudley Digges was a friend of Henry Hudson and, in 1610, he was one of those who fitted out Hudson for his last voyage.
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In 1614, Dudley Digges was re-elected MP for Tewkesbury to the Addled Parliament.
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Dudley Digges backed the explorations of William Baffin in 1615 and 1616, with several of the same group of "adventurers".
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Dudley Digges became a gentleman of the privy chamber in 1618.
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Dudley Digges was re-elected MP for Tewkesbury in 1621,1624,1625, and 1626.
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Dudley Digges was for a time imprisoned in the Fleet Prison by order of the King, but was released on apologizing to the King, an act that John Eliot was unwilling to perform.
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In 1628, Dudley Digges was elected MP for Kent and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.
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In 1631, Dudley Digges became a bencher of Gray's Inn and was master in chancery from 1631 to 1637.
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Dudley Digges published several political and economic works, The Worthiness of Warre and Warriors, The Defence of Trade, Rights and Privileges of the Subject, and, posthumously, The Compleat Ambassador: or Two Treaties of the Intended Marriage of Qu.
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Dudley Digges married Mary Kempe, daughter and co-heir of Sir Thomas Kempe of Olantigh, Kent.