Richard Blayney, 4th Baron Blayney

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Richard Blayney, 4th Baron Blayney (died 1670), was an Anglo-Irish politician and official. He was the third son of Henry Blayney, 2nd Baron Blayney, and Jane Moore. In 1656, Oliver Cromwell named him Custos Rotulorum of County Monaghan, and he sat in the Second Protectorate Parliament as MP for Cavan, Fermanagh and Monaghan. On 9 February 1659, Richard Cromwell appointed him Escheator of Ulster. After the Restoration, he served as the MP for County Monaghan in the Irish House of Commons from 1661 to 1666. In 1669 he inherited his elder brother’s title and became Baron Blayney, dying the next year.