Background

Bayly was a younger son of Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet

Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet

Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet , was a British landowner and Member of Parliament.-Background and education:Bayly was the eldest son of Sir Edward Bayly, 1st Baronet, and Dorothy, daughter of the Hon. Oliver Lambart. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin...

, and Caroline, daughter of Brigadier-General Thomas Paget. Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, was his elder brother.

Military and political career

Bayly was a Colonel in the Royal West Middlesex Militia and a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 1st Foot Guards

Grenadier Guards

The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life 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

William Paget (MP)

Captain the Honourable William Paget , was a British naval commander and Member of Parliament.-Background:Paget was the second son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and Jane, daughter of the Very Reverend Arthur Champagné...

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