There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Kaye, one in the

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and two in the

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The Kaye baronetcy, of Woodesham in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of England on 4 February 1642 for John Kaye, of Woodsome Hall,

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, Yorkshire. He was a

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of the Horse in the service of King Charles I during the

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. His title was forfeited by the Parliamentarians but restored after the return of the monarchy in 1660. The second and third Baronets represented

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in the

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. The fourth Baronet represented

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and served as Mayor of York. He was also a well-known Jacobite supporter. The fifth baronet was

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in 1761. The title became extinct on the death in 1809 of the sixth Baronet, who was

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. The Kaye, later Lister-Kaye Baronetcy, of Grange in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 28 December 1812 for John Lister Kaye. He was the natural son and heir of the fifth Baronet of the 1642 creation. The second Baronet assumed the additional surname of Lister. The eighth Baronet is a writer on nature and environmental issues. The Kaye Baronetcy, of Huddersfield in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 March 1923 for the textile manufacturer Joseph Kaye. He was a Senior Director of Kaye and Stewart Ltd, of

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, and a Director of the

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and of

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Kaye baronets, of Woodesham (1642)

*Sir John Kaye, 1st Baronet (1616–1662) *

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(–1706) *

Sir Arthur Kaye, 3rd Baronet Sir Arthur Kaye, 3rd Baronet (c. 1670–1726), of Woodsome Hall, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1710 to 1726. Kaye was born about 1670, the third but eldest surviving son of S ...

(–1726) * Sir John Lister Kaye, 4th Baronet (1697–1752) *Sir John Lister Kaye, 5th Baronet (1725–1789) *Very Revd. Sir Richard Kaye, 6th Baronet (1736–1809)

Kaye, later Lister-Kaye baronets, of Grange (1812)

Sir John Lister Kaye, 1st Baronet Sir John Lister-Kaye, 1st Baronet (1772 – 28 February 1827) was a noted English amateur cricketer in the late 18th century. His career spanned the 1787 to 1798 seasons and he played mainly for Marylebone Cricket Club and Surrey. He made 12 k ...

(1772–1827) * Sir John Lister Lister-Kaye, 2nd Baronet (1801–1871) * Sir John Pepys Lister-Kaye, 3rd Baronet (1853–1924) *Sir Cecil Edmund Lister-Kaye, 4th Baronet (1854–1931) * Sir Kenelm Arthur Lister-Kaye, 5th Baronet (1892–1955) *Sir Lister Lister-Kaye, 6th Baronet (1873–1962) *Sir John Christopher Lister Lister-Kaye, 7th Baronet (1913–1982) * Sir John Philip Lister Lister-Kaye, 8th Baronet (born 1946) The

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to the baronetcy is John Warwick Noel Lister-Kaye (born 1974), only son of the 8th Baronet.

Kaye baronets, of Huddersfield (1923)

* Sir Joseph Henry Kaye, 1st Baronet (1856–1923) *Sir Henry Gordon Kaye, 2nd Baronet (1889–1956) *Sir Stephen Henry Gordon Kaye, 3rd Baronet (1917–1983) *Sir David Alexander Gordon Kaye, 4th Baronet (1919–1994) *Sir Paul Henry Gordon Kaye, 5th Baronet (born 1958) The

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to the baronetcy is John Egidio Gordon Kaye (born 1967), 2nd and youngest son of the 4th Baronet.

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012, K Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England