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Dudley Digges (19 May 1583 - 18 Mar 1639)
English diplomat, politician, and investor in the Virginia Company of London. John Tradescant the Elder accompanied Digges on a failed embassy to Tsar of Russia in June 1618. Tradescant used the opportunity of the voyage to collect natural specimens, particularly plants, for his collection. Tradescant kept a diary of his trip. Tradescant might also have designed Digges' gardens at Chilham (Leith-Ross, 52). Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/7635 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Digges Relevant locations: Residence at ChilhamVisited Russia
People linked to person: Dudley Digges was a father of Edward Digges (14 Feb 1620-15 Mar 1674/75)
Dudley Digges was a benefactor of John, the Elder Tradescant (c.1570s-c.15 Apr 1638)
Dudley Digges was a travelling companion of John, the Elder Tradescant (c.1570s-c.15 Apr 1638)
Dudley Digges was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Virginia Company of London (1606-)
Richard Swanley (1594/5-1650) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Dudley Digges