Sir Henry Floyd, 5th Baronet

Brigadier Sir Henry Robert Kincaid Floyd, 5th Baronet^[1] (7 May 1899 – 5 November 1968),^[1] was a British soldier.

Floyd was educated at Eton College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. The fifth Baronet was a Brigadier in the 15th/19th Hussars and was Chief-of-Staff of the Eighth Army from 1944 to 1945. Between 1961 and 1968 he served as Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.^[2] A fervent supporter of horseriding and fox hunting he was killed in a riding accident at the age of 69.^[2]

The Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School in Aylesbury is named after him.^[2]

Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, Bt	Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire 1961–1968	Succeeded by John Young
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Floyd	Baronet (of Chearsley Hill, Bucks) 1915–1968	Succeeded by John Floyd

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↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 20th century Lords Lieutenant

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