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Dudley, Joseph (1647–1720)| American governor of colonial Massachusetts 1702–15. Sent to London as a Massachusetts agent to prevent the revocation of the Charter of Massachusetts by Charles II, he secretly used his influence against his mission, to his own advancement. His subsequent rule as governor was extremely unpopular. |
| Dudley was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard College 1665. He was the son of the colonial administrator Thomas Dudley. |
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