Sir Robert Fagge (or Fagg), 3rd Baronet (1673 – 22 June 1736), of Wiston, near Steyning, Sussex, was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1708 to 1710. Fagge was baptized on 9 August 1673, the second but only surviving son of

Sir Robert Fagge, 2nd Baronet Sir Robert Fagge, 2nd Baronet (ca. 1649 – 22 August 1715) was an English politician. He was the son of Sir John Fagg, 1st Baronet and brother of John Fagg II. Fagge was admitted to St Catharine's College, Cambridge in 1663, and to the Inner ...

and his wife Elizabeth Culpepper, daughter of Benjamin Culpepper of Lindfield, Sussex. He married Christian Bishopp, daughter of

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of Parham, Sussex, in or before 1698. Fagge was from a Whig family, and was returned as

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(MP) for

Steyning Steyning ( ) is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Horsham District, Horsham district of West Sussex, England. It is located at the north end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, four miles (6.4 km) north of the ...

at the

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. However, he did not show support for the Whigs in the two indicative votes, for the naturalization of the Palatines in 1709 and for the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell in 1710. He was defeated at the 1710 election. Fagge succeeded his father in the

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on 26 August 1715. He later stood for the Tories at

at the 1722 general election and at the 1727 general election, but was unsuccessful on both occasions, collecting only two votes in 1727. Fagge died on 22 June 1736, aged 62, at Horley Heath, near

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, and was buried at

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on 29 June. He had four sons of whom two predeceased him, and three daughters of whom one predeceased him. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son and heir,

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. His widow Christian died in 1765.

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1673 births 1736 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1708–1710 People from Wiston, West Sussex {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub