Sir Walter Yonge, 3rd Baronet

Sir Walter Yonge, 3rd Baronet (8 September 1653 – 18 July 1731) of Escot in the parish of Talaton, Devon, was a Member of Parliament for Honiton (1679–), and for Ashburton, both in Devon.

He was the son and heir of Sir Walter Yonge, 2nd Baronet (c.1625–1670) of Great House in the parish of Colyton, Devon.

In about 1680 he moved from his ancestral seat of Great House, Colyton, having built for himself Escot House, a grand mansion in the parish of Talaton in Devon, to the design of Robert Hooke. His father had purchased the manor of Mohuns Ottery in the parish of Luppit, Devon, and had started to build a new residence there, which the 3rd Baronet discontinued, preferring the situation of Escot. He was the father of Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet.

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