| Nicholas Bayly | |||||||||
| Office1: | Member of Parliament for Anglesey | ||||||||
| Term1: | 1784 - 1790 | ||||||||
| Death Date: | 7 June | ||||||||
| Children: | 3+, including Henry | ||||||||
| Father: | Nicholas Bayly | ||||||||
| Relatives: | Henry Bayly-Paget (brother) Henry Paget (nephew) William Paget (nephew) | ||||||||
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Colonel Nicholas Bayly (1747 – 7 June 1812) was a British soldier and Member of Parliament.[1]
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.[2] [3]
Bayly was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 1st Foot Guards and after he had begun his political career he was appointed Colonel of the part-time Royal West Middlesex Militia (a regiment in which several of his family also served) on 15 April 1788.[4] 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]
Bayly married Frances/Fanny (née Nettlefold) on 14 April 1776. He died in June 1812.[1] Their second son was Gen. Sir Henry Bayly.[5] His daughter Louisa Augusta, who was born on 18 March 1779, married Sir Edward Perrott on 8 May 1810.