Dudley North, 4th Baron North

[1] He was admitted to St John's College, Cambridge, in 1619 and to Gray's Inn in August 1619.

In 1620 he joined the volunteer regiment for the relief of the Electoral Palatinate and served in Holland during the Dutch–Portuguese War.

North was an accomplished, studious man,[3] who wrote on economic and religious subjects.

Among his publications were Passages relating to the Long Parliament, of which he had himself been a member, and Observations and Advices Oeconomical.

His fifth son was John North (1645–1683), master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and professor of Greek in the university.