Sir John Abdy, 4th Baronet (c. 1714 – 1 April 1759) was a

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baronet and

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politician. He was the only surviving son of

Sir Robert Abdy, 3rd Baronet Sir Robert Abdy, 3rd Baronet FSA (8 April 1688 – 27 August 1748), of Albyns, Essex, was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1748. Abdy was the only son of Sir John Abdy, 2nd Baronet and his wife, Jane Nicho ...

and his wife Theodosia Bramstone, only daughter of George Bramstone. Abdy was

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by the

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in 1731 and was educated at

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, where he matriculated in 1732. He succeeded his father as baronet in 1748, in which year he entered the

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, sitting as a Tory

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(MP) for

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until his death in 1759. From his father he inherited his country house of Albyns in Essex. He also owned a town house at Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. Abdy died unmarried in 1759 and was buried in

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. On his death the

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became extinct. His estates, including Albyns, were eventually inherited by his third cousin

Sir Anthony Abdy, 5th Baronet Sir Anthony Thomas Abdy, 5th Baronet, KC (c. 1720 – 7 April 1775) was a British barrister and Whig politician. Family He was the eldest son of Sir William Abdy, 4th Baronet (of the 1641 creation), and his wife Mary Stotherd, daughter of ...

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