Background
Calley was the son of Henry Calley, Justice of the Peace, Doctor of Laws, of Burderop Park, Wiltshire, and was educated at Harrow, and at Christ Church, Oxford.
Calley was the son of Henry Calley, Justice of the Peace, Doctor of Laws, of Burderop Park, Wiltshire, and was educated at Harrow, and at Christ Church, Oxford.
He joined the 1st Life Guards in 1876, and served in Egypt 1882, where he took part in the Battle of Tel el-Kebir. In 1886, he was appointed captain, promoted to major in 1894, lieutenant-colonel in 1898, and a brevet colonel in November 1900 for service in the Second Boer War in South Africa 1899-1900. He went on to become a brigade commander of the London Mounted Brigade (1908-1912).
However, at the general election in December 1910, he narrowly lost the seat to another Liberal candidate, and did not stand for Parliament again.
Calley married, in 1883, Emily Chappell, daughter of Technology Doctorate. Chappell, of Teddington. They had one daughter.
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He was elected at the January 1910 general election as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Cricklade, winning the seat from the sitting Liberal Member of Parliament John Massie.
