Arthur Kaye Bt (abt. 1670 - 1726)

Born about 1670 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Marow) Kaye — married 31 Jul 1690 in Berkswell, Warwickshire, England

Descendants

Died 10 Jul 1726 at about age 56 in London, England

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Biography

Arthur was born c 1670 the son of John Kaye and Anne Lister^[1]

Education

1685/6 Matriculated . Christ Church, Oxford 2 March, aged 15^[2]

Family

31 July 1690 Arthur Kaye married Anne Marow, daughter and co-heir of Sir Samuel Marow, 1st Bt., by license 22 Jul 1690 at Berkswell, Warwickshire, England. ^[1][3]

Together they had an only child

1. Elizabeth Heiress

8 Aug 1706 he succeeded his father as 3rd Baronet Kaye of Woodesham. ^[1]

1706 he petitioned the House of Commons for an estate bill to settle the debts of his recently deceased brother Thomas and those of Christopher Lister, the former having inherited the latter’s estates after changing his name from Kaye to Lister. ^[4]

Career

1710 -1726 MP for Yorkshire ^[4]

Defeated at the Aldborough by-election of 1696 and at the Yorkshire election of 1708, he finally entered the Commons in 1710 as a Tory MP.

The 1711–12 session saw him take a more prominent role in legislative activities.

1714 He demonstrated in his support for legislative attempts to strengthen the Church of England.

Though suffering from illness at the end of 1714, he was returned unopposed for Yorkshire and a comparison of the 1713 and 1715 Parliaments classed him as a Tory.

Death

He died 10 July 1726 in London, without male issue and was buried 24 July 1726, at Almondbury, Yorkshire, England . By his will, in which Thomas Hanmer Bt MP (1677-1746) was named as one of three trustees, he left his estates to daughter Anne through whom they eventually passed to the earls of Dartmouth, while his baronetcy passed to his nephew John ^{[4] [1]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Complete baronetage by Cokayne, George E. (George Edward), 1825-1911 Publication date 1900 Page 156
2. ↑ 'Kandruth-Kyte', in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, (Oxford, 1891) pp. 837-867. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp837-867 [accessed 18 April 2024]
3. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKSL-M6T : 10 December 2014), Arthor Kay and Ann Marow, 31 Jul 1690; citing Berkswell,Warwick,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 428,965.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} KAYE, Sir Arthur, 3rd Bt. (c.1670-1726), of Woodsome, Yorks.Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, ed. D. Hayton, E. Cruickshanks, S. Handley, 2002 Available from Boydell and Brewer Author: Richard Harrison

See also

• Wikipedia contributors, "Kaye baronets of Woodesham (1642)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaye_baronets_of_Woodesham_(1642)&oldid=1182585800 (accessed April 19, 2024).
• Wikipedia contributors, "Sir Arthur Kaye, 3rd Baronet," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sir_Arthur_Kaye,_3rd_Baronet&oldid=1152196894 (accessed April 19, 2024).
• David Hayton, Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley. The House of Commons, 1690-1715, Volume 1. Cambridge University Press, 2002, Pg. 761.[1]
• Wikipedia contributors, "Woodsome Hall," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodsome_Hall&oldid=1083663569 (accessed April 15, 2024).
• Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire by Foster, Joseph, 1844-1905 Publication date 1874 Pedigree of Kaye of Woodsome
• Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. volume 2, page 2363.