Sir Edward Bayntun (2 December 1618 – 26 July 1679) was an English politician who sat in the

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variously between 1640 and 1679. Bayntun was the son of Sir Edward Bayntun of Bromham, Wiltshire and his wife Elizabeth Maynard, daughter of Sir Henry Maynard of Eaton, Essex.John Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain, Volume 4''
/ref> He matriculated at

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on 15 January 1636, aged 17. He was a student of

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in 1638. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714:Barrowby-Benn', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 79-105. Date accessed: 1 March 2011
/ref> In April 1640, Bayntun was elected

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for

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in the

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. He was re-elected MP for Devizes for the

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in November 1640History of Parliament Online - Bayntun, Edward
/ref> and sat until he was excluded under

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in 1648. In 1654 he was re-elected MP for Devizes in the

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. He was elected MP for

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in 1659 for the

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and in 1660 for the Convention Parliament. After the Restoration, Bayntun was appointed

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in 1661 and had a command in the Scots army. He was

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in 1664. In 1675 he was elected MP for Devizes again and sat until his death in 1679. Bayntun died at the age of 60 . Bayntun married Stuarta Thynne, daughter of Sir Thomas Thynne. Their son

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was also an MP in Wiltshire.

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Bayntun History - Sir Edward Bayntun
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