ABDY, Sir Robert, 3rd Bt. (1688-1748), of Albyns, Essex.

Constituency	Dates
Essex	1747 – 27 Aug. 1748

Family and Education

bap. 8 Apr. 1688, o.s. of Sir John Abdy, 2nd Bt., by Jane, da. of George Nicholas (s. of Sir Edward Nicholas, M.P., sec. of state to Charles I and II). educ. Trinity, Oxf. 1705. m. 5 July 1711, Theodosia, da. and h. of George Bramston, master of Trinity Hall (cos. of Thomas Bramston), 2s. 2da. suc. fa. 1691.

Address

Main residence: Albyns, Essex.

biography text

Descended from a London alderman who purchased Albyns c.1635, Abdy was returned unopposed for his county as a Tory, voting against the Administration in every recorded division. He was to have taken part in a Jacobite rising in Essex, planned to coincide with a French landing in February 1744,1See BARRY, James. was one of the six Tory Members to whom the military details of the scheme were communicated,2AEM & D Angl. 82, ff. 149-57. and was referred to by the Pretender as one of his principal advisers in England.325 Dec. 1743, Stuart mss 254/104. He died 27 Aug. 1748.

Author

E.C.

Volume

Commons 1715-1754

Notes

1. See BARRY, James.
2. AEM & D Angl. 82, ff. 149-57.
3. 25 Dec. 1743, Stuart mss 254/104.