Sir Thomas Dyer, 9th Baronet

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Thomas Swinnerton Dyer, 9th Baronet JP (10 December 1799 – 2 October 1878) was an English soldier who fought in the Peninsular War.

Early life Dyer was born on 10 December 1799 and baptised at Cottingham, Yorkshire.

His paternal grandparents were Thomas Dyer (younger son of Sir Thomas Dyer, 5th Baronet) and Mary Smith (daughter of Richard Smith of Islington). Through his uncle, Sir John Dyer, 6th Baronet, he was a first cousin of Sir Thomas Dyer, 7th Baronet.

Sir Thomas was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.

Personal life On 7 February 1832, Dyer married Mary Anne Clement (1803–1880), a daughter of Margaret Anne ( le Maistre) Clement and Col. John Albeck Clement. Together, they lived at Brompton Hall in London and at Westcroft Park in Chobham, Surrey, and were the parents of: After John Ward's death in 1840, Henrietta married Admiral Russell Eliott (son of Sir William Eliott, 6th Baronet) in 1852. in 1869.

Sir Thomas died at his residence in Redcliffe Gardens (in the Chelsea area of southwest central London) on 2 October 1878, and was succeeded by his son, Swinnerton.

Descendants Through his son Henry, he was a grandfather of Sir Leonard Whitworth Swinnerton Dyer, 14th Baronet (1875–1947), a Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve who fought in World War I.