Dudley Colley
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Dudley Colley was an Irish Member of Parliament
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He was the son of Sir Henry Colley (ca. 1585-1637) and Anne Peyton.
He represented Philipstown in the Irish House of Commons
during the Parliament of Charles II.
By his marriage to Anne Warren he was father of Henry Colley
and grandfather of Henry Colley
, Garret Wesley
, and Richard Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington
, all of whom also sat in the Irish House of Commons.: he was the great-great-grandfather of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
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Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
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He was the son of Sir Henry Colley (ca. 1585-1637) and Anne Peyton.
He represented Philipstown in the Irish House of Commons
Irish House of Commons
The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords...
during the Parliament of Charles II.
By his marriage to Anne Warren he was father of Henry Colley
Henry Colley (died 1700)
Henry Colley was an Irish Member of Parliament.He represented County Kildare from 1698 to 1699. His father Dudley Colley and sons by wife Mary Usher Henry Colley and Richard Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington were also MPs.He was the great-grandfather of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of...
and grandfather of Henry Colley
Henry Colley (died 1723)
Henry Colley was an Irish Member of Parliament.In 1719 he married Lady Mary Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn; their daughter Mary later married Arthur Pomeroy, 1st Viscount Harberton....
, Garret Wesley
Garret Wesley
Garret Wesley was an Irish Member of Parliament.He represented Trim from 1692 to 1693, Athboy from 1695 to 1699, County Meath from 1711 to 1714 and then Trim again from 1727 to his death....
, and Richard Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington
Richard Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington
Richard Colley Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington was an Irish peer, best remembered as the grandfather of the 1st Duke of Wellington.Between 1729 and 1746 he represented Trim in the Irish House of Commons...
, all of whom also sat in the Irish House of Commons.: he was the great-great-grandfather of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...
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