Dudley Digges

Sir Dudley Digges
Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury
Member of Parliament for Kent
In office 1610–1626
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Sir Baptist Hicks Sir Thomas Colepeper
In office 1628–1629
Preceded by	Sir Edward Hales Sir Edward Scot
Succeeded by	Personal Rule
Personal details
Born	(1583-05-19)19 May 1583
Died	18 March 1639(1639-03-18) (aged 55)
Spouse	Mary Kempe
Children	Edward Digges
Parent(s)	Thomas Digges Anne St Leger

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. Dudley Digges was responsible for the rebuilding of Chilham Castle, completed in around 1616.^[1]