Sir Charles Kemeys, 3rd Baronet (died December 1702) was a

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landowner in the late 17th century and early 18th century in south

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and MP for both

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and

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. He was a student at

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. His father

Sir Charles Kemeys, 2nd Baronet Sir Charles Kemeys, 2nd Baronet (–1658) was the second of the Kemeys Baronets, a Welsh family of landowners in the county of Monmouthshire, Wales. His father, Sir Nicholas Kemeys, 1st Baronet was MP for Monmouth in 1628, High Sheriff of Monmout ...

, died in 1658. Sir Charles Kemeys was MP for Monmouthshire between 1685 and 1687,

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in 1689 and then returned again as MP for Monmouthshire between 1695 and 1698 and MP for Monmouth Borough from 1690 to 1695. He was also Governor of

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in 1702 and died in the December of that year. His son, another Charles Kemeys (born 23 November 1688) became the 4th Baronet. He in turn was MP for Monmouthshire 1713-1715 and MP for Glamorgan 1716-1734 but died in 1735 without issue and the baronetcy became extinct. His daughter, Jane Kemeys, had married in 1704 Sir John Tynte of

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