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THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY (1797–1839)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 557 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY (1797–1839)  ,
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English
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song-writer and dramatist, was born at Bath on the 13th of
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October 1797 . He was educated at Winchester and at St Mary Hall, Oxford, with a view to entering the church . While on a visit to
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Dublin, however, he discovered his ability to write
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ballads, and on his return to England in 1824 he quickly gained a wide reputation with " I'd be a butterfly," following this up with " We met—'twas in a crowd," " She wore a wreath of roses," " Oh, no, we never mention her," and other
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light and graceful songs for which his name is still remembered . He set some of his songs to
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music himself; a well-known example is " Gaily the
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troubadour." Bayly also wrote two novels, The Aylmers and A Legend of
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Killarney, and numerous plays . His most successful dramatic piece was Perfection, which was produced by Madame Vestris and received high praise from Lord Chester-field . Bayly had married in 1826 an Irish heiress, but her estates were mismanaged and the anxiety caused by
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financial difficulties undermined his
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health . He died on the 22nd of
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April 1839 .

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