Sir Alan Henry Bellingham, 4th Baronet, (23 August 1846 – 9 June 1921) was an Anglo-Irish

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. He was Justice of the Peace,

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and Lord Lieutenant of Louth. He was Senator of the

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and Private Chamberlain to popes

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and

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. He was the father of the diplomat Sir Edward Bellingham, 5th Bt. and the uncle of Sir Evelyn Wrench, editor of ''

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''.

Background

Born at Dunany House, Castlebellingham, County Louth, he was the eldest son of Sir Alan Bellingham (1800–1889), 3rd Bt., and his wife Elizabeth, only daughter of Henry Clarke, of West Skirbeck House,

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. He was educated at

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, Harrow School and

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, where he graduated with a

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in 1869 and a

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three years later. He succeeded his father as baronet in 1889. In 1900, he inherited the

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estate from his uncle, Sydney Robert Bellingham. In 1909, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Law from the

and became one of its senators.

Career

In 1875, he was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn. Bellingham served in the British Army and captain in the 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. He entered the British House of Commons in 1880, representing County Louth as

(MP) until 1885. He was

in 1897, Justice of the Peace for this county and, having been previously a Deputy Lieutenant was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Louth in 1911, an office he held until his death in 1921. Bellingham was Commissioner of National Education for Ireland and was successively Private Chamberlain to the three popes,

and

. He was also

for 1897.

Family

On 13 January 1874, he married firstly Lady Constance Julia Eleanor Georgiana Noel, daughter of Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough at St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Exton. She died in 1891, and Bellingham married secondly Hon. Lelgarde Harry Florence Clifton, younger daughter of Augustus Wykeham Clifton and his wife Bertha Clifton, 23rd Baroness Grey de Ruthyn at the Church of Our Lady, St John's Wood on 11 June 1895. Bellingham had two sons and two daughters by his first wife. He died aged 74 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his older son Edward. His second daughter Augusta married

John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute, KT (20 June 1881 – 25 April 1947), was a Scottish peer. Biography Lord Bute was born at Chiswick House in Chiswick, London. He was the son of The 3rd Marquess of Bute and Hon. Gwendolen Fitzalan ...

. He was the uncle of Sir Evelyn Wrench, editor of ''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bellingham, Henry 1846 births 1921 deaths Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain English Roman Catholics Lord-Lieutenants of Louth Members of Lincoln's Inn Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Louth constituencies (1801–1922) Politicians from County Louth Royal Ulster Rifles officers UK MPs 1880–1885 High Sheriffs of County Louth People educated at Windlesham House School People from Castlebellingham People educated at Harrow School