| Sir Arthur Northcote, 2nd Baronet | |
| Father: | John Northcote |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth Welsh (d. 1652) Elizabeth Godolphin |
| Children: | 11 |
Sir Arthur Northcote, 2nd Baronet (1628–1688) was a baronet from Devon, England. He lived at Hayne in the parish of Newton St Cyres, Devon, where the mansion house has since been demolished; and also at King's Nympton, Devon, a manor that he purchased from Sir Hugh Pollard, 2nd Baronet, his father's first cousin, and where he was buried.
The family of Northcote originated in Devon at the Domesday Book manor of Northcote in the parish of East Down in North Devon. The Heraldic Visitations of Devon lists the founder of the family as Galfridus de Northcote, Miles ("knight"), living in 1103.[1] In the 16th century the family made its fortune as cloth merchants at Crediton.[2]
Sir Arthur was the son and heir of Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet (1600–1676), MP, of Hayne in the parish of Newton St Cyres, Devon, by his wife Grace Halswell.
He married twice:
Sir Arthur died in 1688 and was buried at King's Nympton, the manor he had recently purchased from Sir Hugh Pollard, 2nd Baronet, his father's first cousin. His large black slate ledger stone survives in King's Nympton Church.