Sir John Edward George Bayley, 2nd Baronet (23 December 1793 – 23 December 1871) was an English baronet and amateur cricketer.

Born in London, he was the son of Sir John Bayley, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of John Markett. Bayley was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1835 and went then to the Northern Circuit. He succeeded his father as baronet in 1841.

Sir John Bayley, 2nd Baronet

Bayley played first-class cricket from 1817 to 1832. Mainly associated with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), he made 11 known appearances in first-class matches. He represented the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players series.

Sir John Bayley, 2nd Baronet

In 1822, he married firstly Charlotte, the daughter of John Minet Fector the elder. After her death in 1854, Bayley remarried Selina Marley. He died at Kensington in 1871 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son John. The couple's second son was Hon. Lyttleton Holyoake Bayley.

Sir John Bayley, 2nd Baronet

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1793 births

1871 deaths

Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

English cricketers of 1787 to 1825

English cricketers of 1826 to 1863

Gentlemen cricketers

Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers

Members of the Inner Temple

Hampshire cricketers

English cricketers

Presidents of the Marylebone Cricket Club