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Sir Andrew Bayntun-Rolt, 2nd Baronet (1755–1816), of Spye Park, Bromham, Wiltshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1780 to 1786.

Baynton-Rolt was the only surviving son and heir of Sir Edward Bayntun-Rolt, 1st Baronet and his wife Mary Poynter of Herriard, Hampshire. Although some secondary sources dispute his year of birth, the 1755 baptism register of St Nicholas' Church, Bromham, Wiltshire - a primary source - documents his birth on 28 September 1755 and his baptism on 31 October 1755 to Edward and Mary He succeeded his father in the baronetcy on 3 January 1800. In 1802-03, he was High Sheriff of Wiltshire.

Parliamentary career

Bayntun-Rolt was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Weobley on the interest of Lord Weymouth at a by-election on 31 March 1780. He was returned unopposed again at the ensuing general election of 1780, and again in 1784. There is no record of his having spoken in the House. He appears to have been used as a placeholder as he resigned his seat in April 1786 when Weymouth's eldest son was old enough to sit for Parliament.

Family life

Bayntun-Rolt married firstly Lady Mary Alicia Coventry (1754-84), daughter of George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry, by special license at the Earl of Coventry's house at 148 Piccadilly, London, on 28 June 1777, with a daughter:

• Maria Barbara Bayntun-Rolt (1780-1870), who married Rev. Dr John Starky (1770-1834), DD on 9 August 1797 at St James, Piccadilly, London

His wife became involved in an adulterous relationship with John Allen Cooper and the couple were divorced on 24 June 1783.

Bayntun-Rolt married secondly Anna Maria Maud (1754-1827) on 18 May 1787 at St Botolph's, Aldersgate, the daughter of John Maud (1714-82) and his wife Elizabeth Primatt (1725-), with no known issue. This marriage also foundered.

Bayntun-Rolt had numerous illegitimate children in Spye Park and Bromham, Wiltshire by his partner, Harriet Maria Poynter (1764-1839). Several of these children did not reach maturity, including:

• Lucy Bayntun (1791-)
• Ann Bayntun (1792-)
• Harriet Bayntun (1793-)
• Edward Bayntun (1795-)
• Mary Bayntun (1796-)
• Andrew Bayntun (1797-)
• Edward Thomas Bayntun (1798-)
• John Bayntun (1799-)
• Sally Rosalie Bayntun (1801-)
• Elizabeth Bayntun (1802-)
• John Charles Bayntun (1805-30)
• Henry Bayntun (1807-)
• Maria Constantia Bayntun (1808-)

Bayntun-Rolt had a further 6 illegitimate children in Corsham, and the Bathampton, Batheaston, Swainswick and Larkhall areas of Bath, Somerset by his partner, Anne Power (ABT 1781-1844), of Lambridge, Bath. Most of these children did reach maturity, including:

• Wilmot Robert Bayntun Power (1801-89)
• Charles Bayntun Power (1802-42)
• Martha Bayntun Power (1804-81)
• Anne Bayntun Power (1808-54)
• Francis Bayntun Power (1809-78)
• George Bayntun Power (1810-88)

Bayntun-Rolt died on 12 August 1816. Although his will acknowledged and made provision for his surviving illegitimate children, he had no surviving legitimate male issue and so his title became extinct. Spye Park and the remainder of his personal estate went to his only surviving legitimate child, Maria Barbara.

A memorial exists on the south wall of St Nicholas' Church, Bromham, Wiltshire, close by his family estate of Spye Park.

After Bayntun-Rolt's death, Harriet Maria Poynter married Aristeus Lovel on 4 September 1820 at Wyke Regis, Dorset, with no further issue. Anne Power married Robert Gomery (1778-1853) on 17 October 1822 at Walcot, Bath, Somerset with no further issue.

The Spye Park estate was sold in 1864 to pay the gambling debts of John Bayntun Starky (1834-72), a grandson of Maria Barbara Bayntun Starky, during her lifetime, and thus passed out of the family.

Wilmot Robert Bayntun Power (1801-89) was the grandfather of Charles Edwin George Bayntun (1873-1940), known as George Bayntun, who founded the Bath-based bookbinding business.

Ancestors

References

1. 1755 Baptism Register for St Nicholas Church, Bromham, Wiltshire. Wiltshire Council and Swindon Council. 1755. "1755 Baptized - October 31 - Andrew ye son of Edward Bayntun Esq and Mary his wife. Born 28 September 1755"
2. ^ John Burke (1838). A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, by J. and J.B. Burke. p. 453. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
3. Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1906), Complete Baronetage volume 5 (1707–1800), vol. 5, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 27 June 2021
4. "No. 15450". The London Gazette. 2 February 1802. p. 113.
5. "BAYNTUN ROLT, Andrew (c.1740-1816)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
6. June 1777 Marriage Register for St George's, Hanover Square. City of Westminster Archives Centre. 1777. "Entry 285: Andrew Bayntun Esq of the Parish of St Marylebone and the Rt Honourable Lady Maria Coventry of this Parish were married in the Dwelling House of the Rt Hon. 6th Earl of Coventry in Piccadilly in this Parish by special licence this twenty-eighth Day of June in the Year 1777 by me ...."
7. Bayntun-Rolt, Mary Alicia, Lady, 1754-1784. The Trial of Lady Maria Bayntun: Wife of Andrew Bayntun, Esq; And Son of Sir Edward Bayntun, Bart. At Doctors Commons, for Committing the High Crime of Adultery With John Allen Cooper, Esq; Containing the Whole Substance of the Evidence Given In That Remarkable Cause. London: Printed for E. Rich, 1781
8. Nick Kingsley (30 September 2021). "(469) Bayntun (later Bayntun-Rolt and Starky) of Bromham House and Spye Park, baronets". Landedfamilies of Britain and Ireland blogspot. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
9. "Ancestors of Andrew Bayntun-Rolt". Ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

• 1755 births
• 1816 deaths
• British MPs 1774–1780
• British MPs 1780–1784
• British MPs 1784–1790
• Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
• Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain
• Politicians from Wiltshire
• High sheriffs of Wiltshire
• Burials in Wiltshire