John Abdy

For other people named John Abdy, see John Abdy (disambiguation).

Sir John Abdy, 4th Baronet (c. 1714 – 1 April 1759)[1] was a British baronet and Tory politician.

He was the only surviving son of Sir Robert Abdy, 3rd Baronet and his wife Theodosia Bramstone, only daughter of George Bramstone.[2] Abdy was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1731 and was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1732.[3] He succeeded his father as baronet in 1748, in which year he entered the British House of Commons, sitting as Member of Parliament (MP) for Essex until his death in 1759.[4]

Abdy died unmarried and was buried in Stapleford Abbotts in Essex.[5] With his death the baronetcy became extinct.[2] His estates were inherited by his third cousin Sir Anthony Abdy, 5th Baronet.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsA1.htm. Retrieved 16 November 2009. 
  2. ^ a b Burke, John (1841). John Bernhard Burke. ed. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: Scott, Webster, and Geary. pp. 1. 
  3. ^ a b Sir Lewis Namier, John Brooke, ed (2002). The House of Commons, 1754-1790. vol. II. London: Secker & Warburg. 
  4. ^ Sedgwick, Romney (1970). The House of Commons 1715-1754. vol. I. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 405. 
  5. ^ "ThePeerage - Sir John Abdy, 4th Bt". http://www.thepeerage.com/p51.htm#i503. Retrieved 10 March 2007. 
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
William Harvey
Sir Robert Abdy		 Member of Parliament for Essex
1748 – 1759
With: William Harvey		 Succeeded by
Sir William Maynard
William Harvey
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Robert Abdy		 Baronet
 (of Albyns)
1748 – 1759		 Extinct