James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos

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James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, was an influential early 18th-century English nobleman and arts patron renowned for his lavish estate at Cannons and his support of composers such as George Frideric Handel.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English nobleman
human
patron of the arts
associatedWith Chandos Anthems
St Lawrence, Whitchurch
birthDate 1674-01-06
birthPlace Dorsington
Warwickshire
burialPlace St Lawrence, Whitchurch
child Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1744-08-09
educatedAt New College, Oxford NERFINISHED
era early 18th century
familyName Brydges
father James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos self-linksurface differs
surface form: James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos
genre sacred music patronage
givenName James
knownFor his estate at Cannons
lavish lifestyle
patronage of architecture
patronage of music
memberOf House of Commons of England
House of Lords
mother Elizabeth Barnard
movement Baroque
nobleTitle James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos self-linksurface differs
surface form: 1st Duke of Chandos

Baron Chandos of Sudeley
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos self-linksurface differs
surface form: Duke of Chandos

3rd Earl of Carnarvon
surface form: Earl of Carnarvon

Viscount Wilton
notableWork development of the Cannons estate
patronOf George Frideric Handel
Johann Christoph Pepusch
artists and architects at Cannons
positionHeld Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire
Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire
Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex
surface form: Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets

Member of Parliament for Hereford
Member of Parliament for Tregony
Paymaster of the Forces
surface form: Paymaster of the Forces Abroad

Privy Counsellor
religion Church of England
residence Cannons
Middlesex, England
surface form: Middlesex
spouse Cassandra Willoughby
Lydia Catherine Van Hatten
Mary Lake NERFINISHED

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Acis and Galatea (libretto) associatedWithPatron James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
Cannons, Middlesex ownedBy James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
Cannons, Middlesex associatedWith James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
Cannons, Middlesex builtFor James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
Cannons, Middlesex patronageBy James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
collaboration with George Frideric Handel patron James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
this entity surface form: James Brydges, Duke of Chandos
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos nobleTitle James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Duke of Chandos
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos nobleTitle James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 1st Duke of Chandos
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos father James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos
Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare namedAfter James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos