Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Bayly KH DL (24 April 1790 – 31 January 1867) was a British Army officer.
Bayly was born in Bath, Somerset,[1] the son of Zachary Bayly of Bideford, Devon and Sarah Bayly nee Clutterbuck of Newark Park,[2] where he began his career as a clerk in 1806.[3]
He served in the army at Corunna followed by the Walcheren Campaign and the Peninsular War. He lost an arm at Fuentes de Oñoro, San Sebastián in May 1811.[4] Bayly was first married in 1817 to Mary Jolliffe, then in 1829 to Martha Fisher. His eldest son, Vere Temple Bayly, was also a soldier.[5]
Bayly was Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset and a member of the Bath and County Club.[6]
Bayly died at Lyme Regis in 1867, aged 76.[5]
References
edit- ^ 1851 England Census
- ^ Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812
- ^ UK, Articles of Clerkship, 1756-1874
- ^ Devizes Gazette 7 February 1867
- ^ a b The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 222, pages 398-399
- ^ The History of the Bath and County Club 1858-1922, Cdr A H B Day RN, 1962
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