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Sir Robert Abdy, 3rd Baronet

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Sir Robert Abdy, 3rd Baronet FSA (8 April 1688 – 27 August 1748)[1] was a British Tory politician.

He was the only son of Sir John Abdy, 2nd Baronet and his wife, Jane Nicholas, the daughter of Sir Edward Nicholas.[2] In 1691, aged only three, he succeeded his father as baronet.[1] Abdy was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1705.[3]

From 1727 to 1748, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Essex.[4] A committed Tory, he was to have been one of the leaders of the 1744 Jacobite rising in Essex, and was privy to the military details of the planned French invasion.[5] Abdy was further a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA).[3]

On 5 July 1711, he married Theodosia Bramstone, only daughter of George Bramstone at St Christopher le Stocks in London.[3] They had two daughters and two sons.[2] Abdy died, aged 60 and was buried in Stapleford Abbots in Essex.[3] His oldest son John succeeded to the baronetcy.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Retrieved 22 April 2009.
  2. ^ a b Collins, Arthur (1741). Richard Johnson (ed.). The English Baronetage: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets. Vol. vol. III. London: Thomas Wotton. pp. 26–27. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  3. ^ a b c d "ThePeerage – Sir John Abdy, 3rd Bt (wrong surname)". Retrieved 11 March 2007.
  4. ^ "Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Essex".
  5. ^ Sedgwick, Romney (1970). The House of Commons 1715-1754. Vol. vol. I. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 405. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  6. ^ Courthope, William (1835). Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England. London: G. Woodfall. p. 1.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Essex
1727–1748
With: The Viscount Castlemaine 1727–1734
Thomas Bramston 1727–1747
William Harvey 1747–1748 		Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Baronet
(of Albyns)
1691–1748 		Succeeded by
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