Anthony Irby (died 1682)

Sir Anthony Irby (c. 1605 – 2 January 1682) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1628 and 1682.

Irby was the eldest son of Sir Anthony Irby and his wife Elizabeth Peyton, third daughter of Sir John Peyton, 1st Baronet,[1] and was born before 17 January 1605.

[3] In April 1640, Irby was elected MP for Boston again in the Short Parliament.

[4] He married secondly Margaret Smyth, daughter of Sir Richard Smythe, 2nd Baronet and after her death in 1631, next Margaret Barkham, daughter of Sir Edward Barkham, 1st Baronet, who died in 1640.

[5] By his second and third wife, Irby had no surviving children, three daughters having died as infants.