Sir Henry Bayly | |
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Died | 1846 |
Allegiance |
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Service/branch |
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Rank | Lieutenant General |
Battles/wars | Napoleonic Wars |
Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order |
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Bayly GCH (died 20 April 1846) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey. He was the second son of Nicholas Bayly.
Military career[]
Bayly was promoted from the half-pay of the 85th Regiment to an ensigncy in the Coldstream Guards on 30 October 1790.[1] He was wounded at the Battle of Lincelles on 17 August 1793,[2] and was promoted to Lieutenant in the Guards on 31 August 1793[3] and purchased a Captaincy in the regiment on 10 September 1799.[4] During this period, he fought with the Guards during the invasion of Holland.[2]
Bayly was appointed ADC to the Prince Regent on 9 February 1811,[5] and was breveted major general on 1 January 1812. [6] He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in 1816.[7] He retired from that post in 1821 and was promoted to Lieutenant General in 1825.[8] He was then appointed GCH in 1834[9] and died in 1846.[10]
References[]
- ↑ "No. 13249". 26 October 1790. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13249/page/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Daniel Mackinnon. Origin and service of the Coldstream Guards. pp. 43, 73. http://books.google.com/books?id=3WJCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA73. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
- ↑ "No. 13564". 27 August 1793. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13564/page/
- ↑ "No. 15179". 7 September 1799. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15179/page/
- ↑ "No. 16451". 5 February 1811. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16451/page/
- ↑ "No. 16556". 28 December 1811. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16556/page/
- ↑ "No. 17127". 13 April 1816. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/17127/page/
- ↑ "No. 18141". 28 May 1825. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/18141/page/
- ↑ "No. 19121". 21 January 1834. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/19121/page/
- ↑ "No. 20599". 28 April 1846. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/20599/page/
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