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.

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]

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]

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

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

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