Background
Dryden was the son of Sir Erasmus Dryden, 1st Baronet and his wife Frances Wilkes, daughter of William Wilkes of Hadnel, Warwickshire.
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Career
In 1632, he succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father. He was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1634. In 1654, he was re-elected Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire in the First Protectorate Parliament.
He had no children from his first two wives.
Dryden was an uncle of the poet John Dryden.
Membership
In November 1640, Dryden was elected Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire in the Long Parliament.
