Thomas Bayley

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: leather manufacturer, at the time of the census in April 1871. ²²⁰ He was then still single and living with his father, sister and step-mother at Lenton Abbey, Lenton, Notts.

• Occupation: leather merchant, at the time of the census in April 1881. ²²¹ he was then living at Cavendish Lodge, Cavendish Crescent North, Nottingham with his wife, three children and five servants.

• Occupation: colliery and land owner, by the time of the census in April 1891. ²²² He was then living at 9 Cavendish Crescent, Nottingham with his wife, two daughters and four servants.

• Residence: Belgravia Hotel, 72/74 Victoria St, London, at the time of the census in March 1901. ²²³ He was then described as a coliery owner although he was also the Liberal Member of Parliament for Chesterfield at that time so was probably in London for that purpose.

Thomas married Annie Mary Bradley Farmer, daughter of Henry Farmer and Ann Bardsley, on 29 Jul 1874 in Lenton, Notts.²⁹ (Annie Mary Bradley Farmer was born on 24 Feb 1850 in Nottingham ^{174,175,176,177,178}, baptised on 2 May 1869 in Lenton, Notts,¹⁷⁹ died on 23 Aug 1904 ¹⁸⁰ and was buried in Langar, Notts.)