| Robert Edward Hartwell Baily | |
| Birth Date: | 6 June 1885 |
| Death Date: | 19 September 1973 |
| Occupation: | Cricketer |
Robert Edward Hartwell Baily CBE (6 June 1885 – 19 September 1973) was an English cricketer of Surrey and Cambridge University. A gentlemen cricketer, Baily played for Surrey and Cambridge between 1904 and 1908.[1] He was also captain of Harrow School's First XI during his time there, as well as his own representative team: REH Baily's XI; he played for Gentlemen of England in 1905 and the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1909.[2] Born in Limpsfield, Surrey, where his father ran a preparatory school, he died in Hereford.
His father, Edward Baily, played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Middlesex.
On leaving Cambridge, Baily joined the Sudan Political Service and served there 1909–32, including as governor of Kassala Province 1926–32.[3]