Researching Paul Dudley
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4494 people with the Dudley surname? In that year Dudley was ranked number 943 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Paul means "small" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Paul Dudley on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Paul Dudley and the Dudley Family History
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Paul Dudley (jurist)
Paul Dudley FRS (September 3, 1675 – January 25, 1751), Attorney-General of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, was the son of colonial governor Joseph Dudley and grandson of one of the colony's founders, Thomas Dudley.
Dudley was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1675. After graduating from the Roxbury Latin School and then, at the age of 15, from Harvard in 1690, he studied law at the Temple in London, and became Attorney General of Massachusetts from 1702 to 1718. He was associate justice of the province's highest court, the Superior Court of Judicature, from 1718 to 1745, and chief justice from 1745 until his death in January 1751.
He was a member of the Royal Society (London), to whose Transactions he contributed several valuable papers on the natural history of New England, as well as the founder of the Dudleian lectures on religion at Harvard University. Dudley was an investor in the Equivalent Lands. Along with his brother, William, he was the first proprietor and namesake of Dudley, Massachusetts.
Dudley died in Roxbury, and is buried in the Eliot Burying Ground next to his father and grandfather.
Source: Paul Dudley (jurist), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaPaul Dudley (American football)
Paul Eugene Dudley (born January 16, 1939 in Fort Smith, Arkansas) is a former American football defensive back and running back in the National Football League for the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at the University of Arkansas and was drafted in the fourth round of the 1961 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers. Dudley was also selected in the 29th round of the 1962 AFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers. He later player in the Canadian Football League.
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