Cayley biography

Biography

Arthur Cayley's father Henry Cayley (1768-1850), although from a family who had lived for many generations in Yorkshire, England, worked as a merchant in St Petersburg, Russia.

Henry Cayley was married to Maria Antonia Doughty (1794-1875), a daughter of William Doughty. Henry and Maria Cayley had five children: Sophia Cayley (1816-1889), William Henry Cayley (1818-1819), Arthur Cayley the subject of this biography, Charles Bagot Cayley (1823-1883) and Henrietta-Caroline Cayley (1828-1886).

As is evident from these dates, their eldest child William Henry died as an infant.

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The connection with St Petersburg was more than just where Henry Cayley's job had taken him for his father, Arthur Cayley's paternal grandfather, John Cayley (1730-1795), had served as Consul General in St Petersburg. The family, although living in St Petersburg, returned to England for the summers and it was on such a summer visit in 1821 that Arthur Cayley was born.

His younger brother Charles Bagot