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BAYLY, THOMAS HAYNES (1797–1839)

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

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