Nicholas Bayly (Anglesey MP)


Colonel Nicholas Bayly was a British soldier and Member of Parliament.

Background

Bayly was the third son of Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet, and Caroline, daughter of Brigadier-General Thomas Paget.

He was baptised on the 1 Jun 1747 at Llanedwen, Anglesey, Wales.

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.

Press cutting - Oxford Journal 27 June 1812 - Deaths: At Weymouth, aged 64 years, Colonel Nicholas Bayly, brother to the Earl of Uxbridge.

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.

Family

Bayly married Fanny. He died in June 1812. Their second son was Gen. Sir Henry Bayly.