James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos

His Grace
The Duke of Chandos
PC DL FRS
His Grace The Duke of Chandos PC DL FRS
	Portrait by Michael Dahl, 1719
Member of Parliament for Hereford
	In office; 1707–1714
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	The Viscount Scudamore
Personal details
Born	6 January 1673; Herefordshire, England
Died	9 August 1744 (aged 71); Little Stanmore, Middlesex, Great Britain
Spouses	; Mary Lake (m. 1695; died 1712) Cassandra Willoughby (m. 1713; died 1735) Lydia Catherine van Hatten Davall (m. 1736)
Children	John Brydges, Marquess of Carnarvon; Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos;
Alma mater	New College, Oxford

James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, PC, DL, FRS (6 January 1673 – 9 August 1744) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1698 until 1714, when he succeeded to the peerage as Baron Chandos, and vacated his seat in the House of Commons to sit in the House of Lords. He was subsequently created Earl of Carnarvon, and then Duke of Chandos in 1719.

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