Sir John Abdy, 4th Baronet explained

Sir John ABDY
Birth Date:1714
Death Date:1 April 1759
Nationality:English
Occupation:British baronet

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 a Tory Member of Parliament (MP) for Essex until his death in 1759.[4] From his father he inherited his country house of Albyns in Essex. He also owned a town house at Lincoln's Inn Fields in London.

Abdy died unmarried in 1759 and was buried in Stapleford Abbotts in Essex.[5] On his death the baronetcy became extinct.[2] His estates, including Albyns, were eventually inherited by his third cousin Sir Anthony Abdy, 5th Baronet.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leigh Rayment – Baronetage . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501225041/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsA1.htm . 1 May 2008 . usurped . 16 November 2009 .
  2. Book: Burke, John . John Bernhard Burke . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland . Scott, Webster, and Geary . London . 2nd . 1841 . 1 .
  3. Book: Sir Lewis Namier, John Brooke . The House of Commons, 1754-1790 . II . Secker & Warburg . London . 2002 .
  4. Book: Sedgwick, Romney . The House of Commons 1715-1754 . I . 405 . Oxford University Press . New York . 1970 .
  5. Web site: ThePeerage – Sir John Abdy, 4th Bt . 10 March 2007.