Sir Robert Fagg (or Fagge), 4th Baronet (1704–1740), of Wiston, near Steyning, Sussex, was a British politician who sat in the

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from 1734 to 1740. Wiston House, West Sussex, England

Fagg was baptized on 20 September 1704, the third but only surviving son of

Sir Robert Fagg, 3rd Baronet Sir Robert Fagge (or Fagg), 3rd Baronet (1673 – 22 June 1736), of Wiston, near Steyning, Sussex, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1710. Fagge was baptized on 9 August 1673, the second but only surviving s ...

, of Wiston and his wife Christian Bishopp, daughter of

Sir Cecil Bishopp, 4th Baronet Sir Cecil Bishopp, 4th Baronet ( 16353 June 1705) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1662. He was the brother of Sir Thomas Bishopp, 3rd Baronet (1627–1652). Bishopp was the son of Sir Edward Bishopp, ...

, MP of Parham, Sussex. He married Sarah Ward, daughter of William Ward, MD of York in 1729. At the

1734 British general election The 1734 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Robert Walpole's incr ...

, Fagg stood 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 ...

, where his father had twice been unsuccessful. He ran with the

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, whose father, the 1st Duke of Chandos, favoured the arrangement and they were both returned as MPs. Fagg voted with the Opposition against the Spanish convention in 1739, and for the place bill in 1740. Fagg succeeded his father in the

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on 22 June 1736. He died without issue on 14 September 1740, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his cousin William. He left the family estates to his sister Elizabeth, who afterwards married Sir Charles Goring, 5th Baronet, son of Sir Henry Goring.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fagg, Sir Robert, 4th Baronet 1704 births 1740 deaths British MPs 1734–1741 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Baronets in the Baronetage of England People from Wiston, West Sussex