Sir Edward Gage, 1st Baronet (c.1626 – January 1707) was an English

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. Gage was born at

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, the third son of

Sir John Gage, 1st Baronet Sir John Gage, 1st Baronet (died 3 October 1633) was an English baronet and landowner, and ancestor of the Viscounts Gage. Gage was the son of Thomas Gage and Elizabeth Guilford. He married Penelope Darcy, a daughter of Thomas Darcy, 1st Earl Ri ...

and Penelope Darcy. He was the grandson of

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. From his mother, he inherited

Hengrave Hall Hengrave Hall is a Grade I listed Tudor manor house in Hengrave near Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, England and was the seat of the Kitson and Gage families 1525–1887. Both families were Roman Catholic recusants. Architecture Work on the hou ...

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. He was a supporter of

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during the

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. Following the

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he was created a baronet, of

Hengrave Hengrave is a small village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is to the North the town of Bury St Edmunds along the A1101 road. It is surrounded by the parishes of Flempton, Culford, Fornham St Ge ...

in the County of Suffolk in the

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, on 15 July 1662. Gage was married five times. His first marriage was to Mary, daughter of Sir William Hervey of

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and his first wife Susan Jermyn, by whom he had one son, Sir William, his successor, and two daughters. Hervey later married Gage's twice-widowed mother Penelope Darcy, a noted

recusant Recusancy (from la, recusare, translation=to refuse) was the state of those who remained loyal to the Catholic Church and refused to attend Church of England services after the English Reformation. The 1558 Recusancy Acts passed in the reign ...

. He married secondly Frances, a daughter of

Walter Aston, 2nd Lord Aston of Forfar Walter Aston, 2nd Lord Aston of Forfar (6 April 1609 – 23 April 1678) was the second and eldest surviving son of Walter Aston, 1st Lord Aston of Forfar, and Gertrude Sadleir, daughter of Sir Thomas Sadleir of Standon, Hertfordshire, and his s ...

and Gertrude Sadler. Sir Edward married, thirdly, Anne Watkins, by whom he had one son, and fourthly Lady Elizabeth Fielding, daughter of

George Feilding, 1st Earl of Desmond George Feilding, 1st Earl of Desmond (c. 1614 – 31 January 1665) was an English aristocrat, awarded the title of Earl of Desmond in the Peerage of Ireland by Charles I of England under the terms of a letter patent issued by James I of Englan ...

and Bridget Stanhope. His final marriage was to his fourth wife's relation, Bridget Fielding.E. Kimber, ''The Baronetage of England'' (Vol. 2, London, 1771), 248-249.

References

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Edward Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...

Younger sons of baronets Year of birth uncertain People from Firle