Sir Henry Floyd, 5th Baronet
Brigadier Sir Henry Robert Kincaid Floyd, 5th Baronet, was a British soldier.
Personal life
Floyd was the son of Captain Sir Henry Robert Peel Floyd, 4th Baronet and Edith Anne Kincaid-Smith. Floyd was the brother of Charles Murray Floyd.Floyd married Kathleen Fanny Gretton on 9 April 1922, with whom he had two daughters, Bridget Mary
Julia Maud. Bridget's father-in-law was Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet. Floyd, a fervent supporter of horseriding and fox hunting, he was killed in a riding accident at the age of 69.
Military career
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 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 and became a good friend as well". From October 1944 he was chief of staff of the Eighth Army, commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Richard McCreery, from 1944 to 1945. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in July 1945.Floyd served as Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire from 1961 to 1968.