Samuel Adlam Bayntun
Member of Parliament
for York
In office
1830–1833
Preceded byJames Wilson
Marmaduke Wyvill
Succeeded byHon. Thomas Dundas
Hon. Edward Robert Petre
Personal details
Bornc. 1803
DiedSeptember 1833
London, England
NationalityEnglish
Military service
Branch/serviceArmy
RankLieutenant
Unit1 Dragoon Guards (1826)
1 Life Guards (1828)

Samuel Adlam Bayntun (c. 1803 – September 1833) was one of two Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency of York from 1830 to 1833.

Life and politics

Bayntun was the eldest son of the Rev Henry Bayntun of Bromham, near Devizes in Wiltshire and his mother, Lucy Adlam. He was educated at Westminster School[1] and graduated from Pembroke College, Oxford in 1821. He served in the Army between 1826 and 1832 in the 1st Battalion Dragoon Guards and 1st Battlaion Life Guards achieving the rank of Lieutenant.[2] It was while he stationed in York that he expressed his willingness to stand for election as a Tory. He identified himself as strongly Protestant though his activities in the Commons saw him back more "liberal" policies. He was an advocate for parliamentary reform, reduction in public expenditure and taxation, reform of the Church and amendment to the corn laws.

Money problems with the treasurer of his election committee led him to not be selected to contest re-election in 1833 amid rumours of heavy debt.

Bayntun died in September 1833 of scarlet fever at the age of 30.[3][4]


References

  1. "Online catalogue for Westminster School's archive and collections". Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  2. "The History of Parliament Trust". Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  3. "The London Gazette" (PDF). Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  4. "Deaths". The Bristol Mirror. 5 October 1833. Retrieved 11 December 2023.


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