Sir Richard Kaye, 6th Baronet


Sir Richard Kaye
Dean of Lincoln
Grave of Rev. Sir Richard Kaye, Dean of Lincoln, in the east end of Lincoln Cathedral.
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Lincoln
Elected1783
PredecessorRichard Cust
SuccessorGeorge Gordon
Other post(s)Archdeacon of Nottingham
1780–1809
Personal details
Born1736-7
Died(1809-12-25)25 December 1809
BuriedLincoln Cathedral
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
ProfessionAnglican clergyman – fellow of the royal society
Alma materBrasenose College, Oxford

Sir Richard Kaye, 6th Baronet, FRS, LL.D (1736–25 December 1809) was an English peer, churchman and scientist. He was Dean of Lincoln from 1783, and inherited the baronetcy from his elder brother Sir John Lister Kaye, 5th Baronet in 1789.