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

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Biography

Gage was born at

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, the third son of Sir John Gage, 1st Baronet and Penelope Darcy. He was the grandson of Thomas Darcy, 1st Earl Rivers. From his mother, he inherited

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. He was a supporter of

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during the

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. Following the Restoration he was created a baronet, of

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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

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. He married secondly Frances, a daughter of

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

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

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Younger sons of baronets People from Firle