Sir John Tydd, 1st Baronet

Sir John Tydd, 1st Baronet, of Lamberton, Queen's County (c.1740 – December 1803) was an Irish politician, landowner and baronet.

Biography He was the eldest son of French Tydd of County Laois and his wife Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Pierce Moore of Loran and Cremorgan, near Timahoe in the same county. He was Escheator of Leinster in 1798-9; the office was another sinecure.

Apart from politics, his main interest in later life was improving Lamberton Park, near Portlaoise. He bought the house and estate about 1790, and he was said to love Lamberton more than any place on earth. His improvements to the Lamberton estate, which included laying out a deer park and extensive tree planting, were much admired by visitors: it was described in 1801 as "altogether the neatest and best laid down demesne in the County". while the baronetcy became extinct. After a long period of failing health, Sir John died at the end of 1803, having made his last will on Christmas Eve. He was buried in St. Ann's Church, Dawson Street, Dublin.