Dudley North, 3rd Baron North

Unknown artist: Dudley North, 3rd Baron North, around 1615, Victoria and Albert Museum

Dudley North, 3rd Baron North ( 1582 - January 16, 1665 ) was an English politician and peer .

Origin and family environment

Dudley North came from an originally bourgeois family of the London merchant class, who made a career under the Tudors and, in 1554 as Barons North, were ennobled to hereditary members of the House of Lords . He himself was baptized in St. Gregory's in London on September 18, 1582; ​​his date of birth has not been recorded. He was the son of Sir John North, who died in 1597, the eldest son of Roger North, 2nd Baron North and Dorothy Dale.

Life and political career

Dudley North studied at Cambridge but did not get a degree. First he served in the Netherlands in 1601 and 1602 in the English armed forces there. He took part in the siege of Berck. Since 1600 he was formally a member of the House of Lords after the death of his grandfather, but was not called up until 1616 to take part in the treason trial against the Earl and the Countess of Somerset, but he probably did not appear because his presence has not been recorded. In February 1620, however, he claimed his rights in the House of Lords. In 1639 he appeared before King Charles I in York, who was in political difficulties because he had ruled without convening parliament. Since the king needed money and taxes could only be raised through parliamentary approval, the 3rd Baron North was one of the 18 lords who petitioned the king on August 28, 1640 calling on him to convene a parliament. In this matter he then took part in the Great Council in York on September 25, 1640.

During the Long Parliament ( Long Parliament ) he was from 1641 to 1642 Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire . When the civil war broke out in 1644, he was a member of a parliamentary committee that was supposed to negotiate a settlement with the king. In 1645 he was a member of the commission that investigated the affairs of the Admiralty and the Cinque Ports on behalf of Parliament . When the House of Commons decided to bring charges against Charles I, he was among the peers who dismissed the House of Commons' order to try the king.

Dudley North died on January 16, 1665 and was buried in Kirtling. Since November 1600 he was married to Frances Brocket, daughter of Sir John Brocket. He was followed by his son Dudley North as 4th Baron North.

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Complete Peerage , Volume IX, Article North, p. 649
2. ^ The Complete Peerage , Volume IX, Article North, p. 652
3. ^ The Complete Peerage , Volume IX, Article North, p. 654
4. ↑ Collin's Sydney Papers , Volume 2, pages 223, 224 and 228
5. ^ The Complete Peerage , Volume IX, Article North, p. 656
6. ^ Parliamentary History , Volume XVIII, page 492

predecessor	Office	successor
Roger North	Baron North 1600-1666	Dudley North