Sir John Abdy, 4th Baronet (c. 1714 – 1 April 1759) was a British

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 baronet and Tory politician.

He was the only surviving son of 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...

 and his wife Theodosia Bramstone, only daughter of George Bramstone. Abdy was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple

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 in 1731 and was educated at Trinity College, Oxford

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, where he matriculated in 1732. He succeeded his father as baronet in 1748, in which year he entered the British House of Commons

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, sitting as Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Essex

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 until his death in 1759.

Abdy died unmarried and was buried in Stapleford Abbotts

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 in Essex

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. With his death the baronetcy became extinct. His estates were inherited by his third cousin Sir Anthony 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,...

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