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]
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