Blayney Townley-Balfour or Blayney Townley Balfour, born Blayney Townley (1705–1788) was member of the

Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fra ...

for Carlingford in 1760 and again from 1761 to 1776. He took the surname ''Balfour'' to inherit property in

County Fermanagh County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 a ...

from his nephew William Charles Balfour. He died at his country house,

Townley Hall Townley Hall is a Georgian country house which stands in parkland at Tullyallen some 5 km west of Drogheda, County Louth in the Republic of Ireland. It was designed by Irish architect Francis Johnston for the Townley Balfour family and ...

, in County Louth. His son, also Blayney, predeceased him; his grandson, also Blayney Townley-Balfour, inherited his property.

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Irish MPs 1727–1760 Irish MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1769–1776 Politicians from County Meath People from Carrickfergus 1705 births 1788 deaths Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Louth constituencies {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub