Bayard Dill was born on 28 December 1905, at Newbold Place, his parents' home in Devonshire Parish, Bermuda.
His paternal grandfather, Thomas Newbold Dill (1837–1910), was a merchant, a Member of the Colonial Parliament (MCP) for Devonshire Parish from 1868 to 1888, a Member of the Legislative Council and an Assistant Justice from 1888, Mayor of the City of Hamilton from 1891 to 1897, served on numerous committees and boards, and was a member of the Devonshire Church (Church of England) and Devonshire Parish vestries (the latter is now termed a Parish Council).
He was a founding member in the 1930s of the Conyers Dill & Pearman law firm (that played an important role in Bermuda's development as an offshore business centre).
[1][2] He also became a prominent politician, the MCP for Devonshire North from 1938 until he was defeated as an incumbent in the 1963 election by Lois Browne-Evans.
[3][4][5][6] Bayard Dill also served as a military officer, receiving a commission into the Bermuda Volunteer Engineers (BVE) as a second-lieutenant dated 31 May 1934.
The first commanding officer of the BVE was Captain H. D. (later Sir Harry) Butterfield, and the second-in-command was Lieutenant Cecil Montgomery-Moore, DFC.