Henry Cayley

Henry Cayley, (20 December 1834 – 19 March 1904) was a British physician who was Deputy Surgeon-General in the British Army in India. He was appointed Professor of Military Medicine at the Army Medical School, Netley. He was Honorary Surgeon to Queen Victoria and King Edward VII. Early life and family Cayley was born into a prominent family in Stamford, Lincolnshire, the fourth son of Edward Cayley (1782–1868), a Stamford banker, and Frances (née Twopeny). In 1862, he married Letitia Mary Walters (1839–1920), daughter of the Rev. Nichols Walters. They had two daughters and six sons, including Sir Walter de Sausmarez Cayley and Douglas Edward Cayley, both of whom served as senior officers in the Gallipoli Campaign. His eldest daughter, Mary Louisa, married Sir Charles Campbell MacLeod and his younger daughter, Evelyn Wynn, married Maj.-Gen. Sir Hayward Reader Whitehead. Career in India