Sir Edward Irby, 1st Baronet (31 July 1676 – 11 November 1718) was an

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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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Early life

Irby was born on 31 July 1676. He was the eldest son of Anthony Irby (d. 1684) and his wife Mary Stringer.G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14'' (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes,

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, U.K.:

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, 2000), volume II, page 228. His paternal grandparents were Sir Anthony Irby and Hon. Katherine Paget (a daughter of the 4th Baron Paget). His maternal grandfather was John Stringer of

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Career

In 1702, he was elected Member of Parliament for

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, representing the constituency until 1708. On 13 April 1704, he was created a

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, of Whaplode and Boston, in the County of

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.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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, 2003, volume 1, page 445.

Personal life

In 1706, Irby married his cousin, Dorothy Paget, only daughter of Hon. Henry Paget, second son of

William Paget, 5th Baron Paget William Paget, 5th Baron Paget (13 September 1609 – 19 October 1678) was an English Peerage, peer. Early life He was born at Beaudesert (House), Beaudesert House, Staffordshire, England on 13 September 1609. He was the son of William Page ...

. Together, they were the parents of a son and a daughter, including: *

William Irby, 1st Baron Boston William Irby, 1st Baron Boston (8 March 1707 – 30 March 1775), known as Sir William Irby, 2nd Baronet from 1718 to 1761, was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Early life Irby was born on 8 March 1707. He was the only son of Sir Edwar ...

(1707–1775), who married Albinia Selwyn, daughter of Henry Selwyn and Ruth Compton, in 1746. Irby died intestate at

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and was buried at

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. His widow, Lady Irby, died . He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his only son

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, later raised to the

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