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'''William Cage''' (28 March 1666 – 21 January 1738)<ref>{{rayment-hc|r|2|date=March 2012}}</ref> was an English Tory politician who sat in the [[House of Commons of England]] from 1702 to 1705 and in the [[House of Commons of Great Britain]] from 1710 to 1715.
Cage was the son of William Cage, lawyer of [[Hollingbourne]], Kent and his wife Cicely Culpeper, daughter of Sir [[Cheney Culpeper]] and Elizabeth Stede. His father and grandfather died in 1676 and 1677 and he succeeded to his grandfather's estate at [[Milgate House, Thurnham|Milgate Park]]. He was [[High Sheriff of Kent]] in 1694 but was fired from the justice's bench in December 1695 and arrested in February 1696 for betraying confidants. Nevertheless, he became a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] and a colonel of the militia by 1701.<ref name=Hayton>[https://books.google.com/books?id=utSeO6I_VWoC&dq=%22William+Cage%22+Rochester&pg=PA441 David Hayton, Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley ''The House of Commons, 1690–1715, Volume 2'']</ref>
At the 1701 election, Cage stood for parliament at [[Rochester (UK Parliament constituency)|Rochester]] but was unsuccessful as a result of a smear campaign under the allegations of disloyalty. However, he was elected [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for Rochester in 1702 and sat until 1705 when following his defeat he was described as a "violent man". He was re-elected for Rochester again in 1710 in a Tory landslide and sat until 1715 when he declined to stand.<ref name=Hayton/>
== Personal life ==
Cage married Catherine before 1690 and had three sons and four daughters.<ref name="Hayton" />
Cage died at age 71, after a long retirement from politics.
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[[Category:People from Rochester, Kent]]
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[[Category:People from Hollingbourne]]