James Sayer (British Army officer)
Sir James Sayer | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | James Robert Steadman Sayer |
| Born | 13 January 1826 Sibton Park, Suffolk, England |
| Died | 12 June 1908 (aged 82)[1] Marylebone, London, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands | Western District |
| Battles / wars | Crimean War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant-General Sir James Robert Steadman Sayer KCB (13 January 1826 – 12 June 1908) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Western District.
Sayer was born at Sibton Park, the eldest son of Robert Sayer and Frances Errington.[2][3]
Military career
Sayer was commissioned as a cornet in the King's Dragoon Guards on 23 May 1845.[4] He served as a junior officer in the Crimean War and subsequently served in the British Indian Army.[4] He became General Officer Commanding Western District in England in April 1883.[5]
He was appointed Colonel of the 8th Hussars for a brief time in 1886. He was then Colonel of the 1st King's Dragoon Guards from 1886 to 1908[6] and, in that capacity, he was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1906 Birthday Honours.[7]
References
- ^ Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1914). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (76th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2515.
- ^ Who's who. A. & C. Black. 1900. p. 891.
- ^ "The Sayers of Richmond, Surrey (by J.P.Sayer)". Bedford Park. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ a b "The Sayers of Richmond". Bedford Park. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ^ "KDG - Succession of Colonels and Commanding Officers". Queen's Dragoon Guards. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ^ "No. 27926". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1906. p. 4459.