Sir Walter Johnston Halsey, 2nd Baronet, OBE, DL, JP (1 June 1868 – 2 September 1950), sometime DL and JP for Hertfordshire and

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, and chair. Legal Insurance Co. He succeeded to the title on the death of his father in 1927. The son of Sir Frederick Halsey, the 1st

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, he was born in the parish of St George's, Hanover Square,

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, and educated at

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. Halsey was a member of the prominent Halsey family of Hertfordshire, whose seat was at

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, near

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, his grandfather,

Thomas Plumer Halsey Thomas Plumer Halsey MP (26 January 1815 – 24 April 1854) was a Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire from 1846 to 1854. Early life He was the son of Joseph Thompson Whately (1774–1818), who, on his marriage in 1804 to Sarah Halsey (d. 186 ...

, was

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for Hertfordshire from 1847 to 24 April 1854. Halsey married Agnes Marion, the daughter of William MacAlpine Leny, on 28 July 1896. He was appointed OBE in 1920, a JP, and was a

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in the 4th Bn the Bedfordshire Regiment, serving in

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as a Staff Captain DAAG and AAG. On 13 October 1917, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Hertfordshire. He was the father of Captain Sir Thomas Halsey DSO (1898–1970), the 3rd

. Like most of the male members of his family, Halsey was a Freemason.

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Halsey
in the National archives
Halsey on Pollock Ancestry
{{DEFAULTSORT:Halsey, Walter 1868 births 1950 deaths British Army personnel of World War I Deputy Lieutenants of Hampshire Deputy Lieutenants of Hertfordshire People from Hemel Hempstead People educated at Eton College 2 Officers of the Order of the British Empire

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