Sir Henry Floyd, 5th Baronet

Brigadier Sir Henry Robert Kincaid Floyd, 5th Baronet[1] (7 May 1899 – 5 November 1968[1]) was a British soldier.

Personal life

Floyd was the son of Captain Sir Henry Robert Peel Floyd, 4th Bt. (Captain in the Royal Navy) and Edith Anne Kincaid-Smith. Floyd was the brother of Charles Murray Floyd.

Floyd was educated at Eton College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was an officer in the 15th/19th Hussars and, having been promoted to brigadier, during the Second World War he served as Brigadier General Staff (BGS) to VIII Corps, commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Richard O'Connor. He served with VIII Corps throughout Operation Overlord and was described as "a tower of strength to the new commander [O'Connor] and became a good friend as well".[2] From October 1944 he was chief of staff of the Eighth Army, commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Richard McCreery, from 1944 to 1945.

Between 1961 and 1968 he served as Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.[3]

A fervent supporter of horseriding and fox hunting, he was killed in a riding accident at the age of 69.[3]

On 9 April 1922 Floyd married Kathleen Fanny Gretton (daughter of John Gretton) with whom he had two daughters.[1]

Legacy

The Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School in Aylesbury is named after him, as is part of the postgraduate medical centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.[3]

Coat of arms of Sir Henry Floyd, 5th Baronet
Crest
A lion rampant reguardant Argent murally crowned Gules bearing a flag representing the standard of Tippoo Sultan flowing to the sinister Proper.
Escutcheon
Sable a lion rampant reguardant Argent on a chief embattled Or a sword erect Proper pommel and hilt Gold enfiled with an Eastern crown Gules between two tigers’ faces also Proper.
Motto
Patiens Pulveris Atque Solis [4]
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Philip Chetwode, Bt		 Colonel of the 15th/19th King's Royal Hussars
1947–1957		 Succeeded by
Sir William Hinde
Preceded by
Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, Bt		 Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire
1961–1968		 Succeeded by
John Young
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Henry Floyd		 Baronet
(of Chearsley Hill, Bucks)
1915–1968		 Succeeded by
John Floyd

References
  1. thePeerage.com, unreliable source
  2. Baynes, p. 185
  3. 20th century Lords Lieutenant Archived 17 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Burke's Peerage. 1959.

Bibliography
  • Baynes, John (1989). The Forgotten Victor: General Sir Richard O'Connor, KT, GCB, DSO, MC (1st ed.). Potomac Books. ISBN 0-08-036269-9.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.