The Cadwallader grave, Kensal Green Cemetery

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in London, he was the son of

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and his wife Marbella, the eldest daughter of

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. Blayney was commissioned into the Army as an ensign in the 4th Regiment of Foot on 7 June 1821. He exchanged into the Rifle Brigade as a second lieutenant on 5 July. He purchased a lieutenancy in the 89th Regiment of Foot on 27 January 1825. On 9 April 1825, he exchanged back into the Rifle Brigade, and then to the

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on 9 November. He was promoted to captain in 1826 and went on half-pay. On 7 June 1827, he came off

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by exchanging into the

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, and retired from the Army in 1830. Blayney entered the

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in 1830 as Tory Member of Parliament (MP) for

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and held the seat until he succeeded his father as baron in 1834. Seven years later, he was elected a representative peer and joined the

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. He sold the family estate,

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, Ireland, to

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of Deepdene, Surrey in 1852. Blayney died in London without issue aged 71, at the St. James Hotel, Piccadilly, London, after living in the

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there. The title became extinct on his death. He is buried in

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north-west of the main chapel.

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