Sir Andrew Bayntun-Rolt, 2nd Baronet (1755–1816), of

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, was a British politician who sat in the

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from 1780 to 1786. Baynton-Rolt was the only surviving son and heir of

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and his wife Mary Poynter of Herriard, Hampshire. Although some secondary sources dispute his year of birth, the 1755 baptism register of St Nicholas' Church, Bromham,

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- a primary source - documents his birth on 28 September 1755 and his baptism on 31 October 1755 to Edward and Mary "1755 Baptized - October 31 - Andrew ye son of Edward Bayntun Esq and Mary his wife. Born 28 September 1755" He succeeded his father in the

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on 3 January 1800. In 1802-03, he was

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Parliamentary career

Bayntun-Rolt was returned unopposed as

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for

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on the interest of Lord Weymouth at a by-election on 31 March 1780. He was returned unopposed again at the ensuing general election of 1780, and again in

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. There is no record of his having spoken in the House. He appears to have been used as a placeholder as he resigned his seat in April 1786 when Weymouth's eldest son was old enough to sit for Parliament.

Family life

Bayntun-Rolt married firstly Lady Mary Alicia Coventry (1754-84), daughter of

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, by special license at the Earl of Coventry's house at 148 Piccadilly, London, on 28 June 1777, with a daughter: *Maria Barbara Bayntun-Rolt (1780-1870), who married Rev. Dr John Starky (1770-1834), DD on 9 August 1797 at St James, Piccadilly, London His wife became involved in an adulterous relationship with John Allen Cooper and the couple were divorced on 24 June 1783.Bayntun-Rolt, Mary Alicia, Lady, 1754-1784. The Trial of Lady Maria Bayntun: Wife of Andrew Bayntun, Esq; And Son of Sir Edward Bayntun, Bart. At Doctors Commons, for Committing the High Crime of Adultery With John Allen Cooper, Esq; Containing the Whole Substance of the Evidence Given In That Remarkable Cause. London: Printed for E. Rich, 1781 Bayntun-Rolt married secondly Anna Maria Maud (1754-1827) on 18 May 1787 at St Botolph's, Aldersgate, the daughter of John Maud (1714-82) and his wife Elizabeth Primatt (1725-), with no known issue. This marriage also foundered. Bayntun-Rolt had numerous illegitimate children in Spye Park and

by his partner, Harriet Maria Poynter (1764-1839). Several of these children did not reach maturity, including: *Lucy Bayntun (1791-) *Ann Bayntun (1792-) *Harriet Bayntun (1793-) *Edward Bayntun (1795-) *Mary Bayntun (1796-) *Andrew Bayntun (1797-) *Edward Thomas Bayntun (1798-) *John Bayntun (1799-) *Sally Rosalie Bayntun (1801-) *Elizabeth Bayntun (1802-) *John Charles Bayntun (1805-) *Henry Bayntun (1807-) *Maria Constantia Bayntun (1808-) Bayntun-Rolt had a further 6 illegitimate children in

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, and the

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, Swainswick and

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areas of Bath, Somerset by his partner, Anne Power (ABT 1781-1844), of Lambridge, Bath. Most of these children did reach maturity, including: *Wilmot Robert Bayntun Power (1801-89) *Charles Bayntun Power (1802-42) *Martha Bayntun Power (1804-81) *Anne Bayntun Power (1808-54) *Francis Bayntun Power (1809-78) *George Bayntun Power (1810-88) Bayntun-Rolt died on 12 August 1816. Although his will acknowledged and made provision for his surviving illegitimate children, he had no surviving legitimate male issue and so his title became extinct.

and the remainder of his personal estate went to his only surviving legitimate child, Maria Barbara. A memorial exists on the south wall of St Nicholas' Church, Bromham,

, close by his family estate of Spye Park. After Bayntun-Rolt's death, Harriet Maria Poynter married Aristeus Lovel on 4 September 1820 at

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, with no further issue. Anne Power married Robert Gomery (1778-1853) on 17 October 1822 at Walcot, Bath,

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with no further issue. The

estate was sold in 1864 to pay the gambling debts of John Bayntun Starky (1834-72), a grandson of Maria Barbara Bayntun Starky, during her lifetime, and thus passed out of the family. Wilmot Robert Bayntun Power (1801-89) was the grandfather of Charles Edwin George Bayntun (1873-1940), known as George Bayntun, who founded the Bath-based bookbinding business.

Ancestors

References

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