Nicholas Bayly

Colonel Nicholas Bayly (1749 – 7 June 1812) was a British soldier and Member of Parliament.

Background Born in 1749, Bayly was the third son of Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet, and Caroline, daughter of Brigadier-General Thomas Paget. He was the younger brother of Henry Bayly-Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and the uncle of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey. The family seat was Plas Newydd.

Military and political career Bayly was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 1st Foot Guards and after he had begun his political career he was appointed Colonel of the part-time Royal West Middlesex Militia (a regiment in which several of his family also served) on 15 April 1788. He was returned to parliament for Anglesey in 1784, a seat he held until 1790. He was succeeded as MP by his nephew William Paget. Another son, Nicholas Bayly (1770-1823), had a controversial military career and settled in Australia. His daughter Louisa Augusta, who was born on 18 March 1779, married Sir Edward Perrott on 8 May 1810.