John Abdy [SEP] noble title
John Abdy
Sir John Abdy, 4th Baronet (c. 1714 – 1 April 1759) was a British baronet and Tory politician.
He was the only surviving son of Sir Robert Abdy, 3rd Baronet and his wife Theodosia Bramstone, only daughter of George Bramstone. Abdy was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1731 and was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1732. He succeeded his father as baronet in 1748, in which year he entered the British House of Commons, sitting as
John Thomas Abdy
John Thomas Abdy (July 5, 1822 – September 25, 1899) was Regius Professor of Civil Law at Cambridge University.
Life.
John Thomas Abdy was the son and heir of Lt.-Col. James Nicholas Abdy of the East India Company. His early education was at the Kensington Proprietary Grammar School. He graduated in 1844 from Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Cambridge. He received an LL.B. in 1847 and an LL.D. in 1852. In 1850 he became a fellow at his college and was called to