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Cyril Henry Cayley (1865 - 1905)

Dr Cyril Henry Cayley
Born in Simla, Indiamap
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Husband of — married 1893 in New Zealandmap
Died at age 39 in Sewree, Bombay, Indiamap
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Biography

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Dr Cyril Cayley was born in Simla, India in 1865 and christened there on 2 October 1865.[1] He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, England and Pembroke College, Cambridge.[2]

The 1881 census lists Cyril at Sandhurst, Berkshire, age 15.[3]

In 1889 he qualified as a doctor and surgeon. He became divisional health officer in Bombay, India.[2]

In 1893 Cyril married Maria Charlotte Black in New Zealand.[4]

Henry died in Bombay of cholera while working to improve sanitary conditions in army barracks on 31 July 1905.[5] He was buried the same day.[6]

Sources

  1. "India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGQ8-32R : 5 February 2020), Cyril Henry Cayley, 1865
  2. 2.0 2.1 J A Venn. Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 1940, web
  3. "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27Z-ST8V : 13 December 2017), Cyril Henry Cayley, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 4, Piece/Folio 1320/69, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,572
  4. "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-G71R : 4 October 2016), Cyril Henry Cayley and Maria Charlotte Black, 1893; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1893/3170, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington
  5. British India Office Deaths & Burials, British Library ref. N-3-94 p.101, transcript and image at FindMyPast
  6. "India Deaths and Burials, 1719-1948", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGKS-CYS : 5 February 2020), Cyril Henry Cayley, 1905
  • Burke's Peerage
  • Wellington College register
  • Medical register




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