The scarce and interesting press correspondent's C.V.O. and Tibet group to Charles Butterworth...

The scarce and interesting press correspondent's C.V.O. and Tibet group to Charles Butterworth Bayley, Bengal Government: The Royal Victorian Order, Commander's neck badge, reverse numbered C521, light wear and a small number of tiny chips to the enamel, otherwise extremely fine; Tibet Medal 1903-04, no clasp (C.B. Bayley, Esquire.); India General Service 1908-35, Edward VII, clasp: North West Frontier 1908 (C. B. Bayley Press Correspondent); Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed as issued; the last three mounted for wearing, all good very fine or better; together with a complete mounted set of dress miniatures, nearly extremely fine; presented in a glazed frame; with the warrants for the M.V.O. and C.V.O. in glazed frames within wooden cases; and accompanied by a small quantity of correspondence, mainly from Lord Curzon and concerning arrangements for art exhibitions.

M.V.O.: L.G. 15/05/06

C.V.O.: L.G. 16/02/12

The recipient was born on the 7th September 1876, the child of Sir Steuart Colvin Bayley, K.C.S.I., C.I.E. and his wife Anna. He joined the Indian Civil Service on the 31st July 1899 and was appointed assistant secretary to the Bengal Public Works Department. He served, additionally, in various other departments, and twice acted as secretary to the Royal Arrangements Committee. He accompanied Sir Francis Younghusband's 1903-04 military expedition to Tibet as special correspondent to the Daily Telegraph and the Pioneer, and the Mohmand Expedition of 1908 as special correspondent to the Daily Mail. He married Violet Mary Templeton Brett, 6th October 1913, and died 30th September 1926.