Arthur Lake (MP)

Sir Arthur Lake (ca. 1598 – 1633) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1624 to 1626.

Lake was the son of Sir Thomas Lake. He was a student of Middle Temple in 1609 and matriculated at New College, Oxford, aged 12 under entry dated 12 October 1610. He was awarded BA from Hart Hall, Oxford on 8 February 1613 and was incorporated as MA of Cambridge on 14 July 1617. He was of Middlesex when he was knighted at Houghton Tower on 18 August 1617.

In 1624, Lake was elected Member of Parliament for Minehead in the Happy Parliament. He was elected MP for Bridgwater in 1625 and 1626.

Lake died at the age of about 33 and was buried at Whitchurch, Middlesex, on 19 December 1633.