Abdy Baronets, of Felix Hall, Essex

Created in the Baronetage of England 14 July 1641

• Sir Thomas Abdy, 1st Baronet (1612 – 14 January 1686), was an English lawyer and landowner, the son of Anthony Abdy
  Anthony Abdy (1579-1640)
  Anthony Abdy , was a citizen and East India merchant of London. On the death of his father in 1595 he inherited lands at Colliers Row, Havering atte Bower, Essex and property in Red Lion Gate, London....
  
   and Abigail Campbell. Abdy was baptized on 18 May 1612, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge
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  , to which he was admitted in 1629 as a Fellow Commoner. He became a member of Lincoln's Inn
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   in 1632. Abdy married Mary Corsellis on 1 February 1638 at St Peter Le Poer
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  , London
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  , by whom he had three children, James (b. 1639, d. young), Rachael (b. 1640), and Abigail (b. 1644). Abdy inherited the family seat of Felix Hall, Essex
  Essex
  Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
  
  , upon his father's death in 1640, and was created a baronet in the following year, on 14 July 1641. Mary died on 6 April 1645 and was buried at Kelvedon
  Kelvedon
  Kelvedon is a village and civil parish in the Braintree District of Essex in England, near to the town of Witham. It has a population of 3,485.-Origins:...
  
  . On 16 January 1647, Sir Thomas made a second marriage, at St Bartholomew the Less, London, to Anne Soame, daughter of Sir Thomas Soame
  Thomas Soame
  Sir Thomas Soame was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1648.Soame was the son of Sir Stephen Soame and his wife Anne Stone daughter of William Stone, haberdasher of London and his wife Mercy Gray daughter of John Gray of Barley, Hertfordshire. His father was Lord...
  
  , an alderman of London. They had ten children: Anthony (1655–1704), Thomas (d. 1697), William (d. 1682), Joanna (1654–1710), Alice (b. 1661), Anna (d. 1692), Mary, Judith, Sarah, and Elizabeth. In 1651, Abdy was named High Sheriff of Essex
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  , but continued to prosper after the Restoration
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  , seeking a lease from the Crown soon afterwards of the sugar duty. He inherited the property of his cousin Sir Christopher Abdy of Uxbridge in 1679, the same year in which his wife Anne died, on 16 June 1679. Abdy died on 14 January 1686 and was buried at Theydon Garnons, Essex, being succeeded by his son Anthony. His monument at Theydon Garnons was, perhaps, designed by William Stanton
  William Stanton (mason)
  William Stanton was an English mason and sculptor. He is known particularly for monumental masonry.-Life:He was son of Edward Stanton, and nephew of the mason Thomas Stanton...
  
  .
• Sir Anthony Abdy, 2nd Baronet (1655 – 2 April 1704) was an English landowner, eldest surviving son of the 1st Baronet. Baptized on 4 July 1655, he was educated, like his father, at Trinity College, to which he was admitted in 1672. He married Mary Milward, daughter of Rev. Dr. Richard Milward, on 9 June 1682, by whom he had thirteen children: Thomas (d. young), Joanna (1686–1765), Elizabeth (b. 1687), Anthony Thomas (1688–1733), William (1689–1750), Rachel (b. 1690), Charles (b. 1693), Richard (b. 1694), Alice (b. 1695), Margaret (1696–1779), Martha (1700–1780), Anna (d. 1738), and Mary (b. c.1703). Anthony succeeded to the baronetcy in 1686 on the death of his father, and died on 2 April 1704. He was buried at Kelvedon, where his monument was designed by Edward Stanton, and was succeeded by his son Anthony Thomas in the baronetcy.
• Sir Anthony Thomas Abdy, 3rd Baronet (1688 – 11 June 1733), English lawyer and landowner, was the eldest surviving son of the 2nd Baronet, and succeeded to the baronetcy in 1704. Abdy was admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 9 October 1708. His first wife was Mary Gifford, by whom he had no children. By his second wife, Charlotte Barndardiston (d. 19 February 1731), daughter of Sir Thomas Barnardiston, 3rd Baronet, he had one daughter, Charlotte, who married John Williams, son of Sir John Williams, Lord Mayor of London
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  . By his third wife, a Miss Williams, he likewise had no male issue, and upon his death in 1733, was succeeded in the baronetcy by his brother William.
• Sir William Abdy, 4th Baronet (1689 – 25 January 1750), English landowner, was the second surviving son of the 2nd Baronet. He married the daughter of Philip Stotherd, and by her had three sons, Anthony Thomas (c.1720–1775), Rev. Stotherd (d. 5 April 1773), and Capt. William, and several daughters, including Charlotte Elizabeth, who married Rev. Dr. Thomas Rutherforth
  Thomas Rutherforth
  Thomas Rutherforth was an English churchman and academic, Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge from 1745, and Archdeacon of Essex from 1752.-Life:...
  
   on 11 April 1752. He succeeded to the baronetcy upon the death of his brother in 1733. On his own death in 1750, he was succeeded by his eldest son, Anthony Thomas.
• Sir Anthony Thomas Abdy, 5th Baronet
  Sir Anthony Abdy, 5th Baronet
  Sir Anthony Thomas Abdy, 5th Baronet KC was a British barrister and Whig politician.-Background and education:He was the eldest son of Sir William Abdy, 4th Baronet and his wife Mary Stotherd, daughter of Philip Stotherd. Abdy was educated at Felsted School and went then to St John's College,...
  
  , KC (c.1720 – 16 April 1775), English lawyer and landowner, was the eldest son of the 4th Baronet. He became a king's counsel, and represented Knaresborough
  Knaresborough (UK Parliament constituency)
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   in the House of Commons
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   from 1763 until his death. He left his estates to his nephew, Thomas Abdy Rutherforth, while the baronetcy passed to his brother William.
• Captain Sir William Abdy, 6th Baronet (c.1732 – 21 July 1803), English landowner and naval officer, was the third surviving son of the 4th Baronet. He became a captain
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   in the Royal Navy
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   before inheriting the baronetcy from his brother Sir Anthony in 1775 (the second brother, Rev. Stotherd, having died in 1773). He married Mary Gordon, by whom he had one son, William
  Sir William Abdy, 7th Baronet
  Sir William Abdy, 7th Baronet was a British politician and baronet.-Background:Born in Marylebone, he was the only son of Sir William Abdy, 6th Baronet and his wife Mary Gordon, daughter of James Gordon. In 1803, he succeeded his father as baronet...
  
   (1779–1868).
• Sir William Abdy, 7th Baronet
  Sir William Abdy, 7th Baronet
  Sir William Abdy, 7th Baronet was a British politician and baronet.-Background:Born in Marylebone, he was the only son of Sir William Abdy, 6th Baronet and his wife Mary Gordon, daughter of James Gordon. In 1803, he succeeded his father as baronet...
  
  (1779 – 16 April 1868), English landowner, was the only son of the 6th Baronet. He was educated at Eton
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  , and succeeded to the baronetcy in 1803. Abdy served in the militia and was an active magistrate for Surrey
  Surrey
  Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
  
  , and briefly served as a Member of Parliament. He married Anne Wellesley in 1806, but the two were divorced in 1816, without issue. The baronetcy became extinct upon his death.

Abdy Baronets, of Albyns, Essex (1st creation)

Created in the Baronetage of England 9 June 1660

• Sir Robert Abdy, 1st Baronet (c. 1615–1670)
• Sir John Abdy, 2nd Baronet (1643–1691)
• Sir Robert Abdy, 3rd Baronet
  Sir Robert Abdy, 3rd Baronet
  Sir Robert Abdy, 3rd Baronet FSA was a British Tory politician.He was the only son of Sir John Abdy, 2nd Baronet and his wife Jane Nicholas, the daughter of Sir Edward Nicholas. In 1691, aged only three, he succeeded his father as baronet...
  
    (1688–1748) MP for Essex 1727-1748
• Sir John Abdy, 4th Baronet
  Sir John Abdy, 4th Baronet
  Sir John Abdy, 4th Baronet 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. Abdy was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1731 and was educated at Trinity College,...
  
    (c. 1714–1759) MP for Essex 1748-1759

Extinct on his death

Abdy Baronets, of Moores, Essex

Created in the Baronetage of England 22 June 1660

• Sir John Abdy, 1st Baronet (c. 1620–1662)

Extinct on his death

Abdy Baronets, of Albyns (1849–)

Incumbents

• Sir Thomas Neville Abdy, 1st Baronet
  Sir Thomas Abdy, 1st Baronet, of Albyns
  Sir Thomas Neville Abdy, 1st Baronet DL, JP was a British baronet and politician.-Background:He was the only son of Captain Anthony Abdy, a maternal greatgrandson of Sir William Abdy, 4th Baronet, and his wife Grace Rich, daughter of Sir Thomas Rich, 5th Baronet...
  
   (1810–1877)
• Sir William Neville Abdy, 2nd Baronet (18 June 1844 – 9 August 1910) was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Abdy, 1st Baronet. He succeeded his father in 1877. Educated at Merton College, Oxford
  Merton College, Oxford
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  , he served as a Justice of the Peace
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   for Essex, and was named High Sheriff of the county in 1884. He married three times, but had no children, and was succeeded by his brother Anthony.
• Sir Anthony Charles Sykes Abdy, 3rd Baronet (19 September 1848 – 17 May 1921) was a British soldier, the second son of Sir Thomas Abdy, 1st Baronet. He served in the 2nd Life Guards, rising to the rank of captain
  Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)
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  , and fought in the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War. Abdy was a military attaché in Vienna in 1885. He married Hon. Alexandrina Victoria Macdonald, daughter of Godfrey Macdonald, 4th Baron Macdonald and Maria Anne Wyndham, on 11 November 1886. They had three daughters: Grace Lillian (1887–?), married Henry Butler, 8th Earl of Lanesborough in 1917, Violet (1892–1957), married Hugh Godsal in 1925, and Constance Mary (1895–?), married Harold Frederick Andorsen in 1941. Upon the death of his elder brother William in 1910 without children, Anthony succeeded to the baronetcy.
• Sir Henry Beadon Abdy, 4th Baronet (13 July 1853 – 1 December 1921) was the fourth son of Sir Thomas Abdy, 1st Baronet. He married Anna Adele Coronna (d. 21 March 1920) on 22 March 1891, and had two sons by her: William Neville (1895–1911), who predeceased him, and Robert (1896–1976). He succeeded to the baronetcy when his brother Anthony died in May 1921, leaving only daughters, but Sir Henry died that December, and was succeeded by his only surviving son.
• Sir Robert Henry Edward Abdy, 5th Baronet (11 September 1896 – 17 November 1976) was the second son of Sir Henry Abdy, 4th Baronet. He was educated at Charterhouse School
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   and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
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  , and subsequently became a lieutenant
  Lieutenant
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   in the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
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  . Sir Robert married Iya De Gay on 23 June 1923, but they were divorced in 1928. Two years later, on 10 February 1930, he married Lady Helen Diana Bridgeman, daughter of the 5th Earl of Bradford
  Orlando Bridgeman, 5th Earl of Bradford
  Lieutenant-Colonel Orlando Bridgeman, 5th Earl of Bradford DL, JP , styled Viscount Newport from 1898 to 1915, was a British peer, Conservative politician and soldier...
  
  . They had one son, Valentine (b. 1937), before being divorced in 1962. Sir Robert's third wife was Jane Noble, whom he married on 5 September 1962 and divorced in 1973.
• Sir Valentine Robert Duff Abdy, 6th Baronet (b. 11 September 1937) is the only son of Sir Robert Abdy, 5th Baronet. Educated at Eton College
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  , he was a European Representative at the Smithsonian Institution
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  , 1983–1995, serving in 1995 as a member of the National Board. He was Special Advisor to the International Fund for the Promotion of Culture, UNESCO
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   in 1991. He has been a member of the Organising Committee, Cité de l’Espace, Toulouse since 1999. Valentine married Mathilde Marie Alexe Christianne de la Ferté
  Edouard Etienne de Rothschild
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   in 1971, and they had one son, Robert Etienne Eric Abdy (b. 1978), before divorcing in 1982.