Baron Blayney, Baron of Monaghan in the County of Monaghan, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1621 for the soldier Sir Edward Blayney. In 1689 his great-grandson, the fifth Baron, was attainted by the Parliament of James II for supporting William of Orange. His nephew, the seventh Baron, was Lord Lieutenant of County Monaghan. His younger son, the ninth Baron, was a Lieutenant-General in the Army. His younger son, the eleventh Baron, was also a Lieutenant-General in the Army and fought in the Peninsular War. Lord Blayney also represented the rotten borough of Old Sarum in Parliament. His son, the twelth Baron, sat as a Conservative Member of Parliament for County Monaghan and was later an Irish Representative Peer. On his death in 1874 the title became extinct. The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. ... Events February 9 - Gregory XV is elected pope. ... Events Louis XIV of France passed the Code Noir, allowing the full use of slaves in the French colonies. ... James II of England and VII of Scotland (14 October 1633–16 September 1701) became King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland on 6 February 1685. ... William III of England (The Hague,14 November 1650 – Hampton Court, 8 March 1702; also known as William II of Scotland and William III of Orange) was a Dutch aristocrat and a Protestant Prince of Orange from his birth, Stadtholder of the United Netherlands from 28 June 1672, King of... The Second of May, 1808: The Charge of the Mamelukes, by Francisco de Goya (1814). ... The term rotten borough refers to a parliamentary borough or constituency in the Kingdom of England (pre-1707), the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707-1801), the Kingdom of Ireland (1536-1801) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (from 1801 until their final abolition in 1867) which due... This article needs to be wikified. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative & Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), and the largest in terms of public membership. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... A former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament. ... In the United Kingdom, representative peers were individuals elected by the members of the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland to represent them in the British House of Lords. ... 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

The family seat was Castle Blayney, located near the town of Castleblayney, which was named after the first Baron. Castleblayney (Baile na Lorgan in Irish) is a town in County Monaghan, Ireland. ...

Barons Blayney (1621)

• Edward Blayney, 1st Baron Blayney (d. 1629)
• Henry Blayney, 2nd Baron Blayney (d. 1646)
• Edward Blayney, 3rd Baron Blayney (d. 1669)
• Richard Blayney, 4th Baron Blayney (d. 1670)
• Henry Vincent Blayney, 5th Baron Blayney (d. 1689)
• William Blayney, 6th Baron Blayney (d. 1705)
• Cadwallader Blayney, 7th Baron Blayney (1693-1732)
• Charles Talbot Blayney, 8th Baron Blayney (1714-1761)
• Cadwallader Blayney, 9th Baron Blayney (1720-1775)
• Cadwallader Davis Blayney, 10th Baron Blayney (1769-1784)
• Andrew Thomas Blayney, 11th Baron Blayney (1770-1834)
• Cadwallader Davis Blayney, 12th Baron Blayney (1802-1874), elected a representative peer in 1841