Baron Glanusk, of Glanusk Park in the

County of Brecknock , image_flag= , HQ= Brecon , Government= Brecknockshire County Council (1889-1974) , Origin= Brycheiniog , Status= , Start= 1535 , End= ...

, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1899 for Sir Joseph Bailey, 2nd Baronet, who had earlier represented

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and

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in the

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as a

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. Both his son, the second Baron, and grandson, the third Baron, served as

Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire. After 1723, all Lord Lieutenants were also Custos Rotulorum of Brecknockshire. The office was abolished on 31 March 1974 and replaced with the Lord Lieutenant of Powys, wit ...

. The latter was succeeded by his first cousin, the fourth Baron. He was the son of the Hon. Herbert Crawshay Bailey, fourth son of the first Baron. the titles are held by his son, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 1997. The Bailey baronetcy, of Glanusk Park in the County of Brecon, was created in the

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in 1852 for Joseph Bailey, an English ironmaster and

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for

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and Breconshire. He was succeeded by his grandson, the aforementioned second Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1899. The Hon. Bernard M. Bailey, son of the 2nd Baronet, died at the

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whilst serving as a midshipman on , aged 17. The family residence of the Bailey family was Glanusk Park, which was left by the 3rd Baron Glanusk in 1948 to his daughter Dame Elizabeth Shân Legge-Bourke DCVO, Lord Lieutenant of Powys.

Bailey baronets, of Glanusk Park (1852)

Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet (21 January 1783 – 20 November 1858), was an English ironmaster and Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP). Bailey was born in 1783 in Great Wenham, Suffolk, the son of John Bailey, of Wakefield and his w ...

(1783–1858) ** Joseph Bailey (1812–1850) * Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, 2nd Baronet (1840–1906) (created Baron Glanusk in 1899)

Baron Glanusk (1899)

* Joseph Russell Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk (1840–1906) * Joseph Henry Russell Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk (1864–1928) * Wilfred Russell Bailey, 3rd Baron Glanusk (1891–1948) *David Russell Bailey, 4th Baron Glanusk (1917–1997) *Christopher Russell Bailey, 5th Baron Glanusk (born 1942) The

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is the present holder's son, Hon. Charles Henry Bailey (born 1976).

Male-line family tree

Coat of arms

Blazon of Bailey Baronets of Glanusk Park (1852)

Notes

References

* * * ≈Official History; "Naval Operations" by Sir Julian S. Corbett. 1923

External links

The family home of the Barons Glanusk
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