Thomas (Major Bayley) Bayley (1775/6–1844)
Army officer. Major in the Shropshire regiment of the regular militia. Resided at Black Birches, Myddle, Shropshire. A family friend during CD’s youth (known as ‘Major Bayley’).
Correspondence vol. 1
Standard, 13 February 1844, p. 4
will of Thomas Bayley, Shropshire archives 6241/1/44/1