Richard Blayney, 4th Baron Blayney (died 1670) was an

Anglo-Irish Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the establis ...

politician and official. Blayney was the third son of

Henry Blayney, 2nd Baron Blayney Rt. Hon. Henry Blayney, 2nd Baron Blayney, Baron of Monaghan (d. 5 June 1646 at the Battle of Benburb) was the son of Edward Blayney, 1st Baron, and of Ann Loftus his wife, daughter of Adam Loftus, Archbishop of Dublin and sometime Lord Chance ...

and Jane Moore. In 1656, he was appointed

Custos Rotulorum of County Monaghan The Custos Rotulorum of County Monaghan was the highest civil officer in County Monaghan. The position was later combined with that of Lord Lieutenant of Monaghan. Incumbents *1656–?1670 Richard Blayney, 4th Baron Blayney *1761–1775 Cadwalla ...

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, and that year also took his seat in the

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as the

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for Cavan, Fermanagh and Monaghan. On 9 February 1759, he was appointed Escheator of Ulster by

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. Following the

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, Blayney was elected as the representative for

County Monaghan County Monaghan ( ; ga, Contae Mhuineacháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of Border strategic planning area of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Monaghan. Monaghan County Cou ...

in the

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, serving between 1661 and 1666. In 1669, he inherited his elder brother's peerage as

Baron Blayney Lord Blayney, Baron of Monaghan, in the County of Monaghan, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1621 for the soldier Sir Edward Blayney. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He was killed at the Battle of Benburb i ...

; he died the following year.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Blayney, Richard, 4th Baron Year of birth unknown 1670 deaths 17th-century Anglo-Irish people Barons in the Peerage of Ireland English MPs 1656–1658 Irish MPs 1661–1666 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Monaghan constituencies