Colonel Nicholas Bayly (1747 – 7 June 1812) was a British soldier and Member of Parliament.

Background

Bayly was the third son of Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet, and Caroline, daughter of Brigadier-General Thomas Paget. He was baptised on the 1 Jun 1747 at Llanedwen, Anglesey, Wales. 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.

Family

Bayly married Frances/Fanny (née Nettlefold) on 14 April 1776. He died in June 1812. Their second son was Gen. Sir Henry Bayly. His daughter Louisa Augusta, who was born on 18 March 1779, married Sir Edward Perrott on 8 May 1810.