Blayney Townley-Balfour (Belturbet MP)

Blayney Townley-Balfour or Blayney Townley Balfour (1769–1856)[1] was an Irish politician and member of the Protestant Ascendancy.

His grandfather, also named Blayney Townley-Balfour, was member of the Irish House of Commons (MP) for Carlingford.[2] The grandson was MP for Belturbet in 1800.[3][nb 1] He owned a large flour mill outside Slane.[5] He commissioned architect Francis Johnston to rebuild Townley Hall, the family seat between Drogheda and Slane.[1][2] He was a magistrate for counties Louth and Meath, High Sheriff of Louth in 1792, and deputy Lord Lieutenant of Louth in 1852.[4]

Blayney Townley-Balfour married Florence Cole; they had ten children.[2][4] His eldest son, also Blayney Townley-Balfour (born 1799), was Governor of the Bahamas from 1833 to 1835.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Burke says from 1797 to 1798.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Balfour, Blayney Townley". Dictionary of Irish Architects. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Townley Hall: Francis Johnston's Classical Masterpiece" (PDF). Townley Hall. p. 2. |chapter= ignored (help)
  3. ↑ Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2006). MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800. Ulster Historical Foundation. p. 127. ISBN 9781903688601. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Burke, Sir Bernard (1852). "Balfour of Townley Hall". A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland for 1852. Colburn and Company. pp. 49–50. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  5. ↑ Samuel, Lewis (1837). "Slane". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland.


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