Samuel Adlam Bayntun (c. 1803 – September 1833) was one of two Members of the

Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...

for the constituency of York from 1830 to 1833.

Life and politics

Bayntun was the eldest son of the Rev Henry Bayntun of Bromham, near

Devizes Devizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It developed around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman architecture, Norman castle, and received a charter in 1141. The castle was besieged during the Anarchy, a 12th-century ...

Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ...

and his mother, Lucy Adlam. He was educated at Westminster School and graduated from

Pembroke College, Oxford Pembroke College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, is located at Pembroke Square, Oxford. The college was founded in 1624 by King James I of England, using in part the endowment of merchant Thomas Tesdale, and was named after ...

in 1821. He served in the Army between 1826 and 1832 in the 1st Battalion Dragoon Guards and 1st Battlaion Life Guards achieving the rank of Lieutenant. It was while he stationed in York that he expressed his willingness to stand for election as a Tory. He identified himself as strongly

Protestant Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

though his activities in the Commons saw him back more "liberal" policies. He was an advocate for parliamentary reform, reduction in public expenditure and taxation, reform of the Church and amendment to the corn laws. Money problems with the treasurer of his election committee led him to not be selected to contest re-election in 1833 amid rumours of heavy debt. Bayntun died in September 1833 of

scarlet fever Scarlet fever, also known as Scarlatina, is an infectious disease caused by ''Streptococcus pyogenes'' a Group A streptococcus (GAS). The infection is a type of Group A streptococcal infection (Group A strep). It most commonly affects childr ...

at the age of 30.

References

Members of the Parliament of England for constituencies in Yorkshire UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1832–1835 Year of birth uncertain 1833 deaths {{UK-bio-stub