Arthur Arscott (1683–1762) of

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, Devon, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the

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from 1722 to 1747. Arscott was baptized on 3 June 1683, the second (but eldest) surviving son of John Arscott of Tetcott and his second wife Prudence. In 1709 he succeeded to the estates of his father. He married Elizabeth Trefusis, daughter of Francis Trefusis of Trefusis, on 21 September 1704 but she died ten years later and was buried on 1 September 1714. He later married Gwen Yonge, daughter of

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In the 1722 general election, Arscott ran unopposed as

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for Tiverton at the suggestion of his brother-in-law, Sir William Yonge. He ran unopposed in 1727 and

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. He was elected for Tiverton after a contest in the 1741 general election. Whenever he voted, he supported the Administration. He was classed as Old Whig in 1746. He did not stand in the 1747 general election. Arscott was buried at Tetcott, on 3 September 1762. He had three sons by his second wife, including John Arscott, MP for Ashburton.

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