The Cadwallader grave, Kensal Green Cemetery

Cadwallader Davis Blayney, 12th Baron Blayney (19 December 1802 – 18 January 1874), styled The Honourable from birth until 1834, was an Irish nobleman and politician. Born in Dover Street in London, he was the son of

Andrew Blayney, 11th Baron Blayney Lieutenant General Andrew Thomas Blayney, 11th Baron Blayney (30 November 1770 – 8 April 1834) was an Anglo-Irish peer. He ruled the Blayney estate at Castleblayney, County Monaghan for fifty years from 1784 to 1834, and was one of the most illu ...

and his wife Marbella, the eldest daughter of James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon. Blayney was commissioned into the Army as an ensign in the

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on 7 June 1821. He exchanged into the Rifle Brigade as a second lieutenant on 5 July. He purchased a lieutenancy in the 89th Regiment of Foot on 27 January 1825. On 9 April 1825, he exchanged back into the Rifle Brigade, and then to the

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on 9 November. He was promoted to captain in 1826 and went on half-pay. On 7 June 1827, he came off

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by exchanging into the

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, and retired from the Army in 1830. Blayney entered the British House of Commons in 1830 as Tory Member of Parliament (MP) for

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and held the seat until he succeeded his father as baron in 1834. Seven years later, he was elected a representative peer and joined the

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. He sold the family estate,

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, Ireland, to Henry Thomas Hope of Deepdene, Surrey in 1852. Blayney died in London without issue aged 71, at the St. James Hotel, Piccadilly, London, after living in the

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there. The title became extinct on his death. He is buried in

Kensal Green Cemetery Kensal Green Cemetery is a cemetery in the Kensal Green area of Queens Park in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. Inspired by Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, it was founded by the barrister George Frederick ...

north-west of the main chapel.

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* * 1802 births 1874 deaths Barons Blayney Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery Irish representative peers Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Monaghan constituencies (1801–1922) Politicians from County Monaghan Tory MPs (pre-1834) UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs who inherited peerages Royal Irish Fusiliers officers King's Own Royal Regiment officers Rifle Brigade officers Royal Fusiliers officers South Staffordshire Regiment officers Military personnel from London {{Ireland-baron-stub

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