Col. John Dandridge of Chestnut Grove (14 July 1700 – 31 August 1756) was a colonel, planter, politician, and Clerk of New Kent County, Virginia, from 1730 to 1756.

[1] His brother William Dandridge II continued the family naval tradition, and visited the Virginia colony, where he became a planter and merchant, as well as married and became a member of the Governor's Council of State before resuming his career as an officer of the Royal Navy.

[1] The couple had eight children:[1][a] Following their marriage in 1730, John and Frances moved to their new home on the banks of the Pamunkey River in New Kent County, Virginia, Chestnut Grove.

Along with Chestnut Grove in New Kent County, John Dandridge also owned a house in the colony's capital, Williamsburg, and visited there frequently.

Dandridge died on 31 August 1756 at the age of 56 while visiting his niece and her husband, Alexander Spottswood, in Fredericksburg, Virginia.