Sir Matthew Dudley, 2nd Baronet (1 October 1661 – 14 April 1721) was an English politician. Dudley was the son of Sir William Dudley, 1st Baronet, of Clopton, Northamptonshire. He was the High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for 1684, MP for Northampton from 1703 to 1705 and MP for Huntingdonshire from 1713 to 1715. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703. Dudley died in 1721. he had married Mary, daughter of Henry O'Brien, 7th Earl of Thomond. He had 4 sons (3 of whom predeceased him) and a daughter. He was succeeded by his surviving son, Sir William Dudley, 3rd and last Baronet. References 1661 births 1721 deaths People from North Northamptonshire 17th-century English people 18th-century English people Baronets in the Baronetage of England Fellows of the Royal Society English MPs 1702–1705 British MPs 1713–1715 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies High Sheriffs of Northamptonshire