Dryden, Sir Erasmus, 1st Bt. (1553-1632), of Canons Ashby, Northants (History of Parliament Trust)

English politician, member of the House of Commons, and founder of Canons Ashby House, Northamptonshire. Sir Erasmus Dryden was the grandfather of poet John Dryden, as well as a distant relative of Jonathan Swift and Anne Hutchison.