Lewis Bayly (Royal Navy officer)
| Sir Lewis Bayly | |
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Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, 1915
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| Born | 28 September 1857 |
| Died | 16 May 1938 (aged 80) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held |
1st Battle Cruiser Squadron 3rd Battle Squadron 1st Battle Squadron Channel Fleet Royal Naval College, Greenwich Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland Station |
| Battles/wars | First World War |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog |
Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, KCB, KCMG, CVO (28 September 1857 – 16 May 1938) was a Royal Navy officer who served during the First World War.
Bayly was born at Woolwich on 28 September 1857. He was a greatgreatnephew of Admiral Keats. Bayly joined the Royal Navy in 1870. He served in the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873) and against pirates in the Congo basin (1875). He later served on HMS Agincourt and in the Anglo-Egyptian War (1882). Bayly married in 1892 Yves Henrietta Stella, daughter of Henry Annesley Voysey; there was no issue of the marriage.
In July 1902, Bayly was appointed in command of the protected cruiser HMS Talbot, serving at the China station. He was given command of the destroyers of the Home Fleet in HMS Attentive (1907–1908). On 22 March 1908, Bayly was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King Edward VII. He was then given a shore command as President of the Royal Naval War College (1908–1911). Before the outbreak of the war he was given command of the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron (1911–1912) and of the 3rd Battle Squadron (1913–1914).
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