Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet

Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet (c. 1578 – 15 January 1658), of Ashton, Devon, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1625. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War after opposing the king initially.

Chudleigh was the son of John Chudleigh (1565–1589), of Ashton in Devon, who, according to the Devon historian Sir William Pole (d. 1635), "Hassarded all his great estate unto ruyn" and sold the family's original manor of Chudleigh, in Devon, to his tenants. His mother was Elizabeth Speke, daughter of Sir George Speke (c.1530-1584) of Whitelackington in Somerset, Sheriff of Somerset in 1562–63 and Member of Parliament for Somerset 1572-83. The de Chudleigh family originated at the manor of Chudleigh, in Devon, and later moved to nearby Ashton.

He succeeded his father when he was eleven years old. He matriculated at New College, Oxford on 26 November 1596, aged 18. In 1601 he was elected Member of Parliament for St. Michaels. He was elected MP for East Looe in 1614 and for Lostwithiel in 1621. He was created baronet of Ashton on 1 August 1622. In 1624 he was elected MP for Tiverton. He was elected MP for Lostwithiel again in 1625.

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