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]

Coat of arms of Sir Henry Floyd, 5th Baronet

Crest A lion rampant reguardant Argent murally crowned Gules bearing a flag representing the standard of Tippoo Sultan flowing to the sinister Proper. Escutcheon Sable a lion rampant reguardant Argent on a chief embattled Or a sword erect Proper pommel and hilt Gold enfiled with an Eastern crown Gules between two tigers’ faces also Proper. Motto Patiens Pulveris Atque Solis [4]