Sir Arthur Kaye, 3rd Baronet (c. 1670–1726), of

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, near

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, was an English Tory politician who sat in the

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from 1710 to 1726. Woodsome Hall

Kaye was born about 1670, the third but eldest surviving son of Sir John Kaye, 2nd Baronet. He matriculated at

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on 2 March 1686, aged 15. He succeeded his father in the

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on 8 August 1706. Kaye was elected

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(MP) for

at the

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and was returned there unopposed in

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. He was returned unopposed for Yorkshire again at the

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and

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general elections. Kaye died on 10 July 1726 leaving one daughter, Elizabeth, who married George Legge, Viscount Lewisham, the heir of the 1st Earl of Dartmouth. Viscount Legge died soon afterwards in 1732, to be succeeded in turn by his eldest son,

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