James Hayes Sadler


Sir James Hayes Sadler was a British diplomat and civil servant.

Early life and education

Sadler was born to the Reverend James-Hayes Sadler and Anne Sadler in Keynsham Bury, Gloucester, England. He was educated at Eton and Oxford.

Career

In 1854 Sadler was commissioned into the Royal Sussex Militia Artillery, a newly formed part-time home defence unit of the Royal Artillery. RA in 1889, before becoming the Sussex Royal Garrison Artillery. He was promoted Lieutenant the following year and Captain in 1858. He was promoted to Honorary Major in 1874, and full Major and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel in 1879. He resigned his commission in 1882, and was appointed Honorary Colonel of the unit.
Following his retirement from the militia, Sadler became a diplomat. Following a term as Consul in Panama, he became Consul, based at Chicago, for most of the Midwestern American States in 1887. After serving as Consul-General in Valparaiso, Chile from 1895 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1899 New Year Honours. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1896 as "Hayes-Sadler."
Sadler died in 1910, and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. On 17 December 1850, he had married Sophia Jane Taylor, who died on 12 February 1902, and is buried next to him. Confusingly, their son, also named Sir James Hayes Sadler was a colonial administrator who also a military man, who also served his country abroad and was also awarded the KCMG.