Lieutenant-General Robert Stuart Baynes (died 7 Oct 1902) was a British Army officer.

Career

Baynes was the son of the diplomat Sir Edward Stuart Baynes, KCMG. He entered the army as ensign in 1843, was promoted to lieutenant in 1846, and to

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in 1853. He first saw active service in the Crimea as a captain of the Mounted Staff Corps, took part in the siege of Sevastopol, and later served as a military magistrate. For these services he was

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, received the Crimea Medal with clasp for Sevastopol, the fifth class of the Order of Medjidie, and a

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promotion to

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. After promotion to the substantive rank of major in 1856, he went to British India, where he took part in suppressing the Indian Rebellion of 1857. With a force consisting of two horse artillery guns, 150 men of the 8th Regiment, and a detachment of Punjab cavalry, he surprised the garrison and took the fort of Phillur, on the Sutlej. With the 8th he also served at the Siege of Delhi (June to September 1857), when during an assault he was dangerously wounded. As a result, he had to amputate his leg. For he service, he received the

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and the brevet rank of lieutenant-colonel. He became colonel in 1865, major-general in 1870, and

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in 1881, when he retired from the army. In retirement, he was colonel of the Royal Munster Fusiliers from 1895 to 1899, and of his old regiment the King's Liverpool Regiment from 1899 until his death. He died at Norton Leeds,

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on 7 October 1902.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baynes, Robert Stuart Year of birth missing 1902 deaths British Army lieutenant generals King's Regiment (Liverpool) officers British military personnel of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 People from Haywards Heath