Steuart Bayley

Steuart Bayley

Sir Steuart Colvin Bayley GCSI, CIE (26 November 18363 June 1925) was a British civil servant and Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal from 1879–1882.

Early life

He was the son of William Butterworth Bayley and Anne Augusta Jackson. He was educated at Eton and Haileybury College.

Career

He entered the Bengal Civil Service in 1856. He held the office of Commissioner of the Patna Division in 1873. He was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the Star of India (KCSI) in 1878. He held the office of Chief Commissioner of Assam in 1878. He held the office of Resident at Hyderabad in 1881. He held the office of Member of the Governor-General's Council in 1882. He held the office of Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal in 1887. He was Secretary of the Political and Secret Department, India Office in 1891.

Personal life

He married Anna Farquharson, daughter of Robert Nesham Farquharson, on 21 November 1860 at Patna, India. They had 13 children.

Later life

Bayley died in 1925 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. [ [http://www.brompton.org/Residents.htm Brompton football equipment training folding at brompton.org ] at www.brompton.org]

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