Sir Charles Stuart Bayley,
GCIE
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, KCSI, ISO (17 March 1854 – 19 September 1935) was a British colonial administrator in India.
The son of Captain Daniel Bayley, of the East India Company’s Bengal Cavalry and the grandson of
William Butterworth Bayley
William Butterworth Bayley (1782–1860) was acting Governor-General of India during the period March–July 1828.
Bayley was a member of the Bengal Civil Service (1799–1830) and a director and chairman of the British East India Company (1834– ...
, Bayley was educated at
Harrow School
(The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God)
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and
Heidelberg University
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Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...
. He was called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1877 and entered the
Indian Civil Service
The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947.
Its members ruled over more than 300 million ...
the same year.
In India, Bayley was Under-Secretary to the Governments of Bengal and India. Political Agent in Bikaner, General Superintendent of operations for the suppression of Thagi and Dakaiti, Agent to the Governor-General in Central India, Officiating Lieutenant-Governor in Eastern Bengal and Assam; Resident at Hyderabad,
Lieutenant-Governor of Eastern Bengal and Assam until 1912, and the first
Lieutenant-Governor of Bihar and Orissa from 1912 to 1915. He was a member of the
Council of India
The Council of India was the name given at different times to two separate bodies associated with British rule in India.
The original Council of India was established by the Charter Act of 1833 as a council of four formal advisors to the Governor ...
from 1915 to 1924.
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1854 births
1935 deaths
Indian Civil Service (British India) officers
People educated at Harrow School
Heidelberg University alumni
Members of Lincoln's Inn
Members of the Council of India
Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
Companions of the Imperial Service Order