Joseph Russell Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk

Joseph Henry Russell Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk CB CBE DSO (26 October 1864 – 11 January 1928), was a British Army officer and peer.

Early life

Bailey was the eldest son of Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, 2nd Baronet, who was created Baron Glanusk in 1899, when his children received the style the Honourable. He succeeded his father in the barony (and baronetcy) in 1906.

Military career

Bailey was on 7 February 1885 commissioned a lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and he was promoted captain on 11 November 1896.[1] After the outbreak of the Second Boer War in October 1899, a corps of imperial volunteers from London was formed in late December 1899. The corps included infantry, mounted infantry and artillery divisions and was authorized with the name City of London Imperial Volunteers. It proceeded to South Africa in January 1900, returned in October the same year, and was disbanded in December 1900. Captain Bailey was appointed as Adjutant to the infantry division on 3 January 1900, with the temporary rank of Major in the Army,[2] and served as such until the corps was disbanded. He was promoted to the substantive rank of major on 29 November 1900, and appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his services in South Africa later the same year.[3] After his return to the United Kingdom, he was on 1 June 1901 appointed to command the Guards′ depot at Caterham, Surrey.[4] He retired from the Grenadier Guards in 1903, and became Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the 3rd Battalion, South Wales Borderers, Territorial Force.

He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Breconshire in March 1887,[5] and succeeded his father in the appointment as Lord Lieutenant of Breconshire in 1905, a post he held until his death.

Family

Bailey married in 1890 Editha Elma Sergison, daughter of Major Warden Sergison. He died in January 1928, aged 63 leaving the ancestral home, Glanusk Park, and his titles to his son Wilfred Russell Bailey. Lady Glanusk died in 1938.

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of Joseph Russell Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk

Notes Coat of arms of Baron Glanusk Coronet A coronet of a Baron Crest A Griffin sejant Argent semy of Annulets Gules Escutcheon Argent between two Bars three Annulets in fess Gules between as many Martlets of the last Supporters Dexter: a Collier proper; Sinister: a Smith proper Motto Libertas (Liberty)

References

1. Hart′s Army list, 1903
2. "No. 27157". The London Gazette. 26 January 1900. p. 516.
3. "No. 27359". The London Gazette. 27 September 1901. p. 6328.
4. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36848). London. 16 August 1902. p. 4.
5. "No. 25689". The London Gazette. 5 April 1887. p. 1978.

Sources

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages