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James Brydges, first duke of Chandos
(1674-1744)

NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Chandos, James Brydges, Duke of, 1674-1744
NRA:    Brydges, James (1674-1744) 1st Duke of Chandos
DNB:    Brydges, James, first duke of Chandos (1674-1744), politician and patron of music
LBT ID: DuChand1    VIAF ID: 25708606    LOC ID: n85043271
B/BAP:   1674-01-06
DIED:   1744-08-09
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
The fortune he gained as paymaster of British forces (1707-12) was spent on building the great house at Canons; he patronized Handel.
REFERENCES TO James Brydges, first duke of Chandos:
William Ponsonby to Lady Caroline Lamb, 20 April 1823 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)
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