Background
Dudley was the son of Sir William Dudley, 1st Baronet, of Clopton, Northamptonshire.
Dudley was the son of Sir William Dudley, 1st Baronet, of Clopton, Northamptonshire.
He was the High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for 1684, Member of Parliament for Northampton from 1703 to 1705 and Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire from 1713 to 1715. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703. Dudley died in 1721. Dudley married Mary, daughter of Henry O"Brien, 7th Earl of Thomond.
They had one son named Matthew Dudley Junior.
Royal Society; 4th Parliament of Great Britain.