Sir Edward Duke, 3rd Baronet (c. 1694–1732), of

Benhall Benhall is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. Located to the south of Saxmundham, in 2007 its population was estimated to be 560, reducing to 521 at the 2011 Census. Geography Benhall is split into t ...

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, was a British politician who sat in the

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from 1721 to 1722 Duke was the only son of

Sir John Duke, 2nd Baronet Sir John Duke, 2nd Baronet (3 January 1632 - July 1705 ) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1679 and 1698. Duke was the son of Sir Edward Duke, 1st Baronet of Benhall, Suffolk and his wife Ellenor Panto ...

MP and his wife Elizabeth Duke, daughter of Edward Duke, MD. His father died in 1705 and he succeeded to Benhall and the

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. He married Mary Rudge, daughter of Thomas Rudge of Staffordshire on 1 December 1715. Duke was elected as Tory

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for Orford at a contested by-election on 29 December 1721 and sat for the last months of the Parliament. He did not stand at the 1722 general election. Duke died on 25 August 1732. He had a son and daughter who did not survive and the baronetcy became extinct on his death.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Duke, Sir Edward, 3rd Baronet 1690s births 1732 deaths British MPs 1715–1722 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Baronets in the Baronetage of England