Col. Arthur Bassett, MP

Arthur Basset (1597 - 7 January 1673) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1625 to 1626.

Basset was the son of Sir Robert Basset of Umberley, a colonel in the army. He subscribed at Oxford University on 11 June 1613 and was awarded BA from Exeter College, Oxford on 8 February 1616. He was a student of the Inner Temple in 1617 when he was of High Hampton, Devon. In 1625, he was elected Member of Parliament for Fowey. He was re-elected MP for Fowey in 1626.[1]

Basset died at the age of 75.[1]

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Col. Arthur Basset (1598-1673), second son and heir to his elder brother. He was a law student at the Inner Temple in 1616 and during the Civil War served as a Royalist commander. For his delinquency he was fined by Parliament and compounded for his estates in the sum of £1,321 6 shillings 6 pence. He served as Deputy Lieutenant of Devon. He married Agnes Leigh, daughter of Sir William Leigh of Northam, Devon. His elaborate mural monument survives in Heanton Punchardon Church.