Fagge Baronets
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The Fagge Baronetcy, of Wiston in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 11 December 1660 for John Fagge. He fought in the Civil War
English Civil War
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 as a Colonel
Colonel
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 in the Parliamentary Army and represented Rye
Rye (UK Parliament constituency)
Rye was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Rye in East Sussex. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was halved under the Reform Act 1832....

, Sussex
Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)
Sussex was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...

 and Steyning
Steyning (UK Parliament constituency)
Steyning was a parliamentary borough in Sussex, England, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons sporadically from 1298 and continuously from 1467 until 1832...

 in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
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. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament
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 for Shoreham
Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency)
Shoreham was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1974 to 1997....

 and Steyning. The third and fourth Baronet represented Steyning in Parliament. The Wiston
Wiston, West Sussex
Wiston is a scattered village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A283 road northwest of Steyning.The parish covers an area of...

 estate was acquired by the first Baronet. On the death of the fourth Baronet in 1740 the estate passed to his sister Elizabeth, Lady Goring, wife of Sir Charles Goring, 5th Baronet (see Goring Baronets
Goring Baronets
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).

Fagge Baronets, of Wiston (1660)

  • Sir John Fagge, 1st Baronet (1627–1701)
  • Sir Robert Fagge, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Robert Fagge, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Robert Fagge, 2nd Baronet was an English politician.Fagge sat as Member of Parliament for New Shoreham between 1679 and 1681 and for Steyning between 1690 and 1695 and again between 1701 and 1702. He succeeded his father as second Baronet on 18 January 1701.-References:...

     (c. 1649-1715)
  • Sir Robert Fagge, 3rd Baronet
    Sir Robert Fagge, 3rd Baronet
    Sir Robert Fagge, 3rd Baronet was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Steyning from 1708 to 1710.On the death of his father, Sir Robert Fagge, on 22 August 1715, he inherited the family baronetcy....

     (1673–1736)
  • Sir Robert Fagge, 4th Baronet (1704–1740)
  • Sir William Fagge, 5th Baronet (c. 1726-1791)
  • Sir John Fagge, 6th Baronet (c. 1760-1822)
  • Sir John Fagge, 7th Baronet (1798–1873)
  • Sir John William Charles Fagge, 8th Baronet (1830–1909)
  • Sir John Charles Fagge, 9th Baronet (1866–1930)
  • Sir John Harry Lee Fagge, 10th Baronet (1868–1940)
  • Sir John William Frederick Fagge, 11th Baronet (1910–2000)
  • Sir John Christopher Fagge, 12th Baronet (b. 1942)
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