Blayney Townley-Balfour JP DL (28 May 1769 – 22 December 1856)[1] was an Irish politician and member of the Protestant Ascendancy.
[3] His grandfather, also named Blayney Townley-Balfour, was a member of the Irish House of Commons (MP) for Carlingford.
[5][nb 1] He owned a large flour mill outside Slane.
[7] He commissioned architect Francis Johnston to rebuild Townley Hall, the family seat between Drogheda and Slane.
[4][6] His eldest son, also Blayney Townley-Balfour (born 1799), was Governor of the Bahamas from 1833 to 1835.