Edward Bayntun (died 1657)

Sir Edward Bayntun (1593–1657) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1653.

Bayntun was the son of Sir Henry Bayntun of Bromham, Wiltshire, and of his wife Lucy Danvers, a daughter of Sir John Danvers of Dauntsey, Wiltshire, and of the famous Elizabeth Neville.

[1] He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, on 27 April 1610, aged 17,[2] and was knighted on 23 October 1613.

[3] Bayntun was elected member of parliament for Devizes in 1614 and as a knight of the shire for Wiltshire in 1621.

[4] He sat in the Commons until 1653 and in 1648–1649 was a commissioner for the trial of the King but did not act.