About Dudley Colley
Lived 1621 – 1674 (aged 52–53). Dudley Colley was a politician and member of Parliament.
Dudley Colley (ca. 1621 – July 1674) was an Irish Member of Parliament.
He was the son of Sir Henry Colley (ca. 1585-1637) and Anne Peyton, daughter of Sir Christopher Peyton. The Colley or Cowley family had come to Ireland from Rutland about 1500 and produced a line of Crown servants and soldiers. Dudley's great-grandfather Sir Henry Colley acquired Carbury Castle in 1554. Dudley's father acquired substantial lands in County Wexford.
He represented Philipstown
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Irish politician
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Dudley Colley was born in 1621.
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Dudley Colley died in 1674.
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Dudley Colley was a politician and member of Parliament.
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