Nicholas Bayly (Anglesey MP)
Colonel Nicholas Bayly (1749 – 7 June 1814) was a British soldier and Member of Parliament.[1]
Background
Bayly was the third son of Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet, and Caroline, daughter of Brigadier-General Thomas Paget. He was the younger brother of Henry Bayly-Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and the uncle of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey. The family seat was Plas Newydd.[2]
Military and political career
Bayly was a Colonel in the Royal West Middlesex Militia and a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 1st Foot Guards. He was returned to parliament for Anglesey in 1784, a seat he held until 1790. He was succeeded as MP by his nephew William Paget.[1]
Family
Bayly married Fanny (née Nettlefold). He died in June 1814.[1] Their second son was Gen. Sir Henry Bayly.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Namier, Lewis; Brooke, John (1985). The House of Commons 1754-1790. Boydell & Brewer. p. 69. ISBN 9780436304200. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "Deaths". Gentleman's Magazine, or Monthly Intelligencer. 80. Edward Cave: 654. November 1865.
- ^ Burnham, Robert; McGuigan, Ron (2017). Wellington's Brigade Commanders: Peninsula and Waterloo. Pen & Sword Military. p. 40. ISBN 9781473850828.
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