Surname: Cayley Forename(s): George John b. 26 January 1826. d. 11 October 1878. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and travel writer. Alternative signature: “G. J. Cayley.” Educated at Trinity
College, Cambridge, and the Inner Temple. Travelled to Spain and published an account
of his journey as Las Alforjas (1853), republished as The Bridle Roads of Spain in 1856. Contributed to Daily News (as a correspondent in Crimea during the war) and Fraser’s Magazine. Married Mary Anne Frances Wilmot on 11 September 1860. Settled with his family in
Algiers in 1870. Biographical information: ODNB. (CC)