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  1. Dudley Digges. Sir Dudley Digges (19 May 1583 – 18 March 1639) was an English diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1610 and 1629. Digges was also 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.

    • 19 May 1583
    • Mary Kempe
  2. Sep 25, 2022 · Sir Dudley Digges (19 May c. 1583 – 18 March 1639) was an English diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1610 and 1629. He was also a "Virginia adventurer," an investor who ventured his capital in the Virginia Company of London. Digges was the son of the mathematician Sir Thomas Digges of Digges Court, Barham, Kent ...

    • "Duddley Digges", "Dudley Diggs"
    • Diggs Court, Barham, Kent, England
    • May 19, 1583
  3. At this juncture and later, Digges was also active in furthering a Kentish settlement in Virginia.61 Early in 1620 he projected the raising of a regiment to serve in the Low Countries, offering Sir Dudley Carleton* £500 for his assistance. Later in the year he and Maurice Abbot*, the archbishop’s brother, were sent on a trade mission to the ...

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  5. When Sir Dudley Digges was born on 19 May 1583, in Canterbury, Kent, England, his father, Thomas Digges, was 43 and his mother, Anne St. Leger, was 28. He married Lady Mary Kempe about 1608, in Kent, England. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters.

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    • Lady Mary Kempe
  6. Our Dudley Digges was born in 1583, the eldest son of Thomas Digges and his wife, Lady Anne St. Leger. The Digges were an old Kentish family; Dudley's tomb in St. Mary's Church, Chilham, records thirteen earlier generations. Both his father, Thomas, and his grandfather, Leonard Digges, were notable mathematicians and military engineers.

  7. Sir Dudley Digges, 1583-1639 . English Mercantilist, educated at Christ's Church, Oxford, went to become a businessman, politician and diplomat.An enthusiast of long-distance trade, Sir Dudley Digges was a director of the East India Company, an investor of the Virginia Company and helped finance Henry Hudson's final trip to America in 1610.

  8. He was born in 1583, Wood thinks "in the parish of Derham, in Which Digges Court is situated." He was educated at University College, and subsequently entered at one of the Inns of Court. After much experience gained by travel, he entered the service of his county in Parliament, where his conduct was distinguished by sound judgment and ...

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