"James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, PC DL FRS (6 January 1673 – 9 August 1744) was a British 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. " - (en.wikipedia.org 29.01.2020)