Arthur Basset (1597 – 7 January 1673) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1625 to 1626.
Basset was the son of Sir Robert Basset (1574-1641) of Umberleigh, Devon, a colonel in the army and his wife Elizabeth née Peryam (1571-1635).
He was a student of the Inner Temple in 1617 when he was of High Hampton, Devon.
[1] Basset married Agnes Leigh at Northam, Devon, on 13th April 1629.
His grandson, John, was his principle heir due to the death of his eldest son in 1660.