George Rodney Brydges

He was a captain in the Duke of York's independent company from 1673 until after 1675 serving in the Portsmouth garrison.

He got into debt and in 1677 he recovered his fortune by marrying Anna Maria Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury.

In doing so, he brought an action for jactitation of marriage against Ann Smith, a shopkeeper with whom he had been living for some years.

On the accession of James II in 1685 he lost his post as Groom of the Bedchamber, but remained loyal to the King until the Glorious Revolution.

He was a teller for the Whigs and supported the naturalization of the Palatines in 1709 and the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell in 1710.