Sir Edward Bayntun (1593–1657) was an English politician who sat in the

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variously between 1614 and 1653. Bayntun was the son of Sir Henry Bayntun of Bromham,

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, and of his wife Lucy Danvers, a daughter of Sir John Danvers of

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, Wiltshire, and of the famous Elizabeth Neville. He was baptised at

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on 5 September 1593.John Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain, Volume 4''
/ref> He matriculated at

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, on 27 April 1610, aged 17, 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714:Barrowby-Benn', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 79-105. Date accessed: 1 March 2011
/ref> and was knighted on 23 October 1613.Knights of England
/ref> Bayntun was elected member of parliament for

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in 1614 and as a

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for

in 1621. In 1624 and 1625, he was again elected as Member for

, and in 1626 as Member for

Chippenham Chippenham is a market town in north-west Wiltshire, England. It lies north-east of Bath, Somerset, Bath, west of London and is near the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town was established on a crossing of the River Avon, ...

. He was appointed

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for 1637. In April 1640, Bayntun was elected again for Chippenham to the

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, and in November of the same year to the

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. He sat in the Commons until 1653 and in 1648–1649 was a commissioner for the trial of the King but did not act. Bayntun died in 1657 at the age of 64. Bayntun married firstly Elizabeth Maynard, daughter of Sir Henry Maynard of Easton, Essex. Their son

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was also a Wiltshire member of parliament. He married secondly Mary Bowell.

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Bayntun, Edward 1593 births 1657 deaths High sheriffs of Wiltshire Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Wiltshire English MPs 1614 English MPs 1621–1622 English MPs 1624–1625 English MPs 1625 English MPs 1626 English MPs 1640 (April) English MPs 1640–1648 English MPs 1648–1653