Sir Edward Bayly, 1st Baronet (20 February 1684 – 28 September 1741) was an Irish landowner and politician.

Background

Bayly was the son of Nicholas Bayly, son of The Right Reverend

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and Anne, daughter of

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Political career

Bayly was elected to the

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for

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in 1705, a seat he held until 1714. In 1712 he inherited substantial estates in

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, including Plas Newydd, and in

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on the death of his cousin Nicholas Bagenall. He was

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in 1717 and

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in 1730. In 1730 he was created a Baronet, of Plas Newydd in the County of Anglesey and Mount Bagenall in the County of Down, in the

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Family

Bayly married Dorothy, daughter of the Hon. Oliver Lambart, in 1708. Their younger son the Very Reverend Edward Bayly became Archdeacon of Dublin. Bayly died in September 1741, aged 57, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

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. The latter's son

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succeeded as 10th Baron Paget in 1769, was created Earl of Uxbridge in 1784 and was the father of

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, hero of the

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. Lady Bayly survived her husband by four years and died in August 1745.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bayly, Edward 1684 births 1741 deaths 1 High sheriffs of Down High sheriffs of Anglesey Irish MPs 1703–1713 Irish MPs 1713–1714

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Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Armagh constituencies