 1848, an industrialist and director of the firm Bayliss, Jones and Bayliss) and Emma Bayliss (née Butler, b.1849).He spent his childhood in Finchfield and Tettenhall, Wolverhampton.From twelve he attended the Rydal Mount School (now named the Rydal Penrhos School), a boarding school in Colwyn Bay, Wales where he became a prefect.