The son of Robert Hampden Pye and the poet Jael Henriett Pye; he served in Canada during the war of 1812-15 and was promoted to major general in 1820.

REFERENCES TO Aleyne Hampden Pye:

Charles Lamb to Sarah James, [16 April? 1829] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)