Sir Roger Cave, 2nd Baronet (21 September 1655 – 11 October 1703) was an

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politician and baronet.

Life

Roger Cave was the oldest son of Sir Thomas Cave, 1st Baronet and his second wife Hon. Penelope Wenman, daughter of

Thomas Wenman, 2nd Viscount Wenman Thomas Wenman, 2nd Viscount Wenman (1596 – 25 January 1665), was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1660. Wenman was the only son of Richard Wenman, 1st Viscount Wenman, by Agne ...

. In 1671, he succeeded his father as baronet and had

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, built on the site of the old manor house. He was educated at

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. Cave was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for 1679–80 and then

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(MP) for

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from 1685 until 1690. On 26 March 1676, Cave married firstly Martha Browne, daughter of John Browne, and then secondly Mary Bromley, daughter of Sir William Bromley. He had five sons and two daughters by his first wife and a son and two daughters by his second wife. Cave died in 1703 and was succeeded by his oldest son

Sir Thomas Cave, 3rd Baronet Sir Thomas Cave, 3rd Baronet DL (19 April 1681 – 21 April 1719) of Stanford Hall, Leicestershire was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1711 to 1719. Cave was the eldest son of Sir Roger Cave, 2nd Baronet and his f ...

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1655 births 1703 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England High Sheriffs of Northamptonshire English MPs 1685–1687 English MPs 1689–1690 Members of Parliament for Coventry {{England-baronet-stub