Henry Bayly (British Army officer, born 1790) explained

Henry Bayly (British Army officer, born 1790) should not be confused with Henry Bayly (British Army officer, born 1769).

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Bayly (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]

Notes and References

1. 1851 England Census
2. Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812
3. UK, Articles of Clerkship, 1756-1874
4. Devizes Gazette 7 February 1867
5. The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 222, pages 398-399
6. The History of the Bath and County Club 1858-1922, Cdr A H B Day RN, 1962