BAYLY, Nicholas (1709-82), of Plas Newydd, Anglesey.

The son of a leading Anglesey Whig, who had obtained a baronetcy in 1730, Bayly was returned unopposed for his county with Tory support as an anti-Administration candidate in 1734, voting against the Spanish convention in 1739. In 1741 he was defeated by a Tory candidate, despite a circular letter on his behalf from Watkin Williams Wynn stating: ‘His behaviour, I assure you, in Parliament has been unexceptionable’.UCNW, Penrhos mss 1335. He recovered his seat without a contest in 1747, when he was classed as Opposition, subsequently attaching himself to the Prince of Wales.Namier & Brooke, i. 68. He died 9 Dec. 1782.