# Steuart Bayley

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{{Short description|Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal from 1887 to 1890}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Sir Steuart Bayley
| office              = [Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal](/source/Lieutenant-Governor_of_Bengal)
| image               = Sir Steuart Colvin Bayley.png
| term_start          = 1887
| term_end            = 1890
| predecessor         = [Sir Rivers Thompson](/source/Rivers_Thompson)
| successor           = [Sir Charles Elliott](/source/Charles_Alfred_Elliott)
| honorific_suffix    = {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCSI|CIE|sep=,|size=100}}
| relations           = [William Butterworth Bayley](/source/William_Butterworth_Bayley) (father)
}}

'''Sir Steuart Colvin Bayley''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCSI|CIE|sep=,|size=100}} (26 November 1836 – 3 June 1925) was a British civil servant and [Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal](/source/List_of_governors_of_Bengal_Presidency) from 1887 to 1890.

==Early life==
He was the son of [William Butterworth Bayley](/source/William_Butterworth_Bayley), who rose to be acting [Governor-General of India](/source/Governor-General_of_India), and Anne Augusta Jackson.  His middle name is a reference to the well-connected Colvin family of Anglo-Indian administrators, just as [John Russell Colvin](/source/John_Russell_Colvin) named [his son](/source/Auckland_Colvin) after his boss, [George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland](/source/George_Eden%2C_1st_Earl_of_Auckland). He was educated at [Eton](/source/Eton_College) and [Haileybury College](/source/Haileybury_College).

==Career==
Bayley entered the [Bengal Civil Service](/source/Bengal_Civil_Service) in 1856.  He held the office of Commissioner of the [Patna Division](/source/Patna_Division) in 1873.  He was invested [Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India](/source/Order_of_the_Star_of_India) (KCSI) in 1878.  He held the office of Chief Commissioner of [Assam](/source/Assam) in 1878.  He held [the office of Resident](/source/Resident_(title)) at [Hyderabad](/source/Hyderabad%2C_India) in 1881.  He held the office of Member of the [Governor-General's Council](/source/Council_of_India) in 1882.<ref>{{cite book |title=Dictionary of Indian Biography  |first=Charles Edward |last=Buckland  |page=31 |location=London |publisher=Swan & Co. |year=1906}}</ref>  Bayley held the office of Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal between 1887 and 1890.<ref>{{cite book |title=Bengal Under The Lieutenant-Governors |url=https://archive.org/details/bengalunderlieut02buckiala |first=Charles Edward |last=Buckland |volume=2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bengalunderlieut02buckiala/page/n288 837] |location=Calcutta |publisher=S. K. Lahiri & Co |year=1901}}</ref>  He was Secretary of the Political and Secret Department, [India Office](/source/India_Office) in 1891. In 1888, he accompanied the Sikkim expedition and was awarded the India General Service Medal (1854–95) with clasp for 'Sikkim 1888'.

thumb|left|Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London

==Personal life==
Bayley married Anna Farquharson, daughter of Robert Nesham Farquharson, on 21 November 1860 at [Patna](/source/Patna), India.  They had 13 children.

==Later life==
Bayley died in 1925 and was interred in [Brompton Cemetery](/source/Brompton_Cemetery), London. His portrait is held by the [National Portrait Gallery](/source/National_Portrait_Gallery_(London)).<ref>[http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw94186/Sir-Steuart-Colvin-Bayley?sText=colvin&submitSearchTerm_x=0&submitSearchTerm_y=0&search=ss&OConly=true&firstRun=true&LinkID=mp80825&role=sit&rNo=0 Portrait] at www.npg.org.uk</ref>

==Notes==
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{{succession box|title=[Lieutenant-governor of Bengal](/source/List_of_British_rulers_and_high_officials_in_Bengal)|years=1887–1890|before=[Sir Augustus Rivers Thompson](/source/Augustus_Rivers_Thompson)
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Category:Civil servants from London
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