Blayney Townley-Balfour JP DL (28 May 1769 – 22 December 1856)[1] was an Irish politician and member of the Protestant Ascendancy.[2]
The Townley-Balfours were an Irish branch of Clan Balfour.[3] His grandfather, also named Blayney Townley-Balfour, was a member of the Irish House of Commons (MP) for Carlingford.[4] The grandson was MP for Belturbet in 1800.[5][nb 1] He owned a large flour mill outside Slane.[7] He commissioned architect Francis Johnston to rebuild Townley Hall, the family seat between Drogheda and Slane.[1][4] He was a magistrate for counties Louth and Meath, High Sheriff of Louth in 1792, and deputy Lord Lieutenant of Louth in 1852.[6]
Blayney Townley-Balfour married Lady Florence Cole, daughter of William Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen; they had ten children.[4][6] His eldest son, also Blayney Townley-Balfour (born 1799), was Governor of the Bahamas from 1833 to 1835.[6]
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edit- ^ a b "Balfour, Blayney Townley". Dictionary of Irish Architects. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ Burke, Sir Bernard (1871). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison. p. 51. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ Burke, John-Bernard (1846). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland, Extinct, Dormant and in Abeyance. Henry Colburh. p. 634. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ a b c "The Family" (PDF). Townley Hall: Francis Johnston's Classical Masterpiece. Townley Hall. p. 2.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ Samuel, Lewis (1837). "Slane". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland.