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'''Sir Charles Stuart Bayley''', [[Order of the Indian Empire|GCIE]], [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]], [[ISO]] (17 March 1854 – 19 September 1935) was a British colonial administrator in India.<ref>{{Cite news |last=TIMIS |first=Wireless to THE NEW YORK |date=1935-09-20 |title=SIR CHARLES BAYLEY, INDIAN OFFICIAL, DIES; First British Ruler of Bihar ond Orissa, 81, Spent 47 Years in Political Service. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/09/20/archives/sir-charles-bayley-indian-official-dies-first-british-ruler-of.html |access-date=2022-04-02 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><br />
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The son of Captain Daniel Bayley, of the East India Company’s Bengal Cavalry and the grandson of [[William Butterworth Bayley]], Bayley was educated at [[Harrow School]] and [[Heidelberg University]]. He was called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1877 and entered the [[Indian Civil Service]] the same year.<br />
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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, [[List of governors of Bengal Presidency|Lieutenant-Governor of Eastern Bengal and Assam]] until 1912, and the first [[List of governors of Bihar and Orissa Province|Lieutenant-Governor of Bihar and Orissa]] from 1912 to 1915. He was a member of the [[Council of India]] from 1915 to 1924.<br />
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He was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Star of India]] (CSI) in the [[1903 Durbar Honours]],<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Durbar Honours |date=1 January 1903 |page=8 |issue=36966}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27511|date=1 January 1903 |page=2 |supp=y}}</ref> and later promoted to Knight Commander of the order (KCSI). He was also appointed a Knight Grand Commander of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] (GCIE). He is the grandfather of [[Margaret Jones (Military Sponsor)]] who served as the chief sponsor of overseas cadets at the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]] and was appointed [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] for her efforts.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-12-12 |title=Margaret Jones |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/margaret-jones-tjq7g0g09 |access-date=2023-12-12 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref><br />
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