Sir Edward Irby, 1st Baronet (31 July 1676 – 11 November 1718) was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1702 until 1708 when following the

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it had become the

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. Irby was the eldest son of Anthony Irby and his wife Mary Stringer, daughter of John Stringer. He was the grandson of Sir Anthony Irby. In 1702, he was elected Member of Parliament for Boston, representing the constituency until 1708. On 13 April 1704, he was created a baronet, of Whaplode and Boston, in the County of Lincolnshire. Irby married Dorothy Paget, only daughter of Hon. Henry Paget, second son of William Paget, 5th Baron Paget in 1706, and by her he had a son and a daughter. Irby died intestate at King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire and was buried at

Whaplode __NOTOC__ Whaplode is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is just west of the Prime Meridian. The parish includes the village of Whaplode Drove, and the hamlets of Shepeau Stow, Dowsdale, Whapl ...

, Lincolnshire. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his only son William, later raised to the

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as Baron Boston.

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1676 births 1718 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies English MPs 1702–1705 English MPs 1705–1707 British MPs 1707–1708 {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub