Sir Anthony Thomas Abdy, 5th Baronet, KC (c. 1720 – 7 April 1775)[1] was a British barrister and Whig politician.
[2] Abdy was educated at Felsted School and went then to St John's College, Cambridge.
[9] The Albyns estate passed to his nephew, Thomas Abdy Rutherforth (1755–98) and his other property, including Chobham Place in Surrey, to William.
[8] In June 1749, Abdy was one of the witnesses to the marriage of David Garrick and Eva Maria Veigel, along with the Countess of Burlington.
[8] In 1763, Sir Henry Slingsby, 5th Baronet died and Abdy, with the support of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Burlington's son-in-law,[8] stood as Member of Parliament (MP) for Knaresborough, a seat he held until his death in 1775.