William Butterworth Bayley Esq BCS (1781 - 1860)

Born 30 Nov 1781 in Manchester, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Augusta (Jackson) Bayley — married 18 Jan 1809 in India

Descendants

Died 29 May 1860 at age 78 in St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, England

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Biography

William Butterworth Bayley was born on the 30th November 1781 in Manchester, the son of Thomas Butterworth, Esq. and Mary, his wife, of the village of Hope near Manchester.^[1][2]

Mr. Bayley's posts in India included: Chief Secretary to the Government of India (1819); Member of Council, Hon. East India Company (H.E.I.C.) (1825); Officiating Governor-General of India (1828); Director and Chairman, H.E.I.C. (1834–1858).^[1][3]

On the 18th January 1809, Mr. Bayley married Anne Augusta Jackson in India.^[4]

William Butterworth Bayley died at St Leonards-on-Sea in Sussex, on the 29th May 1860, aged seventy-eight years.^[1][5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Burke, Ashworth P. Burke’s Family Records. “William Butterworth Bayley.” (pp. 56-7.) London: Harrison and Sons, 1897.
2. ↑ England & Wales Non-Conformist Births and Baptisms. Manchester, Cross Street Presbyterian Church. Extract: "Infant's Christian name: Wm. Butterworth; Infant's surname: Bayley; Father's name, profession & abode: Tho's. Butterworth Esq'r., Hope near Manchester (baptized at Mrs Bayley's senior St. Ann's square.); Mother's Christian name: Mary; Mother's Maiden name: Leggett; Born Nov. 30, 1781, baptized: Jan'y 7, 1782." Microfilm images per DC Thomson Family History; held at The National Archives (UK); archival ref. TNA/RG/4/2009. Digital image online at findmypast.co.uk (accessed by subscription, and extract by Alison Kilpatrick, 2019-05-02).
3. ↑ Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. “Colvin family.” Citing: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, pub. by Oxford University Press; online at www.oxforddnb.com (accessible by subscription, only): “Colvin, Brenda (1897-1981).”
4. ↑ Society of Geneaologists (London). British in India. Extract (index card): "BAYLEY, William Butterworth BCS. Calcutta 18 Feb. 1809 / m. 1809 Jan 18 / Ben 9/191 (Sir Evan Cotton MSS) / Anne Augusta JACKSON, dau. of Wm Jackson, Registrar of Supreme Court, Calcutta (Hodson, ii.541)." Outline data contributed by Billy (Norton) N, 14 April 2019. Confirmed to the digital image online at findmypast.co.uk (accessed by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2019-05-02).
5. ↑ Globe, 1 June 1860 (pg 4). Death notice: “BAYLEY.—At St. Leonards, on the 29th ult., in his 79th year, William Butterworth Bayley, Esq., for many years a Director, and at one time Chairman of the Hon. East India Company.” Digital image online at The British Newspaper Archive, britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (accessed by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-08-08).
6. ↑ National Probate Calendar, England and Wales. “BAYLEY, William Butterworth, Esq. 21 June. The Will of William Butterworth Bayley, formerly of Woodford in the County of Essex, and of the East India House in the City of London, but late of Henrietta-street in the County of Middlesex, Esquire, deceased, who died 29 May 1860 at St. Leonard’s-on-Sea in the County of Sussex, was proved at the Principal Registry byt he oaths of Daniel Bayley of Friars Town House in the parish of Tallaght, in the County of Dublin, Esquire, the Son, and Bazett David Colvin of Old Broad-street in the said City, Esquire, two of the Executors.” (ref. 1860, pp. 112-3). Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-08-08, by subscription).

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