Baron Glanusk
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Baron Glanusk, of Glanusk Park
Glanusk Park
Glanusk Park is an estate in Britain. It is situated near Crickhowell, Powys, within the historic boundaries of Brecknockshire. It was established in 1826 by a "retired" ironmaster, Sir Joseph Bailey. The park features in the hereditary title Baron Glanusk which was given to Sir Joseph's grandson,...

 in the County of Brecknock
Brecknockshire
Brecknockshire , also known as the County of Brecknock, Breconshire, or the County of Brecon is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, and a former administrative county.-Geography:...

, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created in 1899 for Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, 2nd Baronet
Joseph Russell Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk
Joseph Russell Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk , known as Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, 2nd Baronet, from 1858 to 1899, was a Welsh Conservative Member of Parliament....

, who had earlier represented Herefordshire
Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
The county constituency of Herefordshire, in the West Midlands of England bordering on Wales, was abolished when the county was divided for parliamentary purposes in 1885...

 and Hereford
Hereford (UK Parliament constituency)
Hereford was, until 2010, a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since 1918, it had elected one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post voting system....

 in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

 as a Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

. Both his son, the second Baron, and grandson, the third Baron, served as Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire
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 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 Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1852 for Joseph Bailey
Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet
Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet was an English ironmaster and Member of Parliament .Bailey was born in 1783 in Great Wenham, Suffolk, the son of John Bailey, of Wakefield and his wife Susannah...

, a Welsh
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 ironmaster and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for Worcester
Worcester (UK Parliament constituency)
Worcester is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since 1885 it has elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election; from 1295 to 1885 it elected two MPs....

 and Breconshire
Breconshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Breconshire or Brecknockshire was a constituency in Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the English Parliament, and later to the Parliament of Great Britain and of the United Kingdom, between 1542 and 1918...

. He was succeeded by his grandson, the aforementioned second Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1899.

Bailey Baronets, of Glanusk Park (1852)

  • Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet
    Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet
    Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet was an English ironmaster and Member of Parliament .Bailey was born in 1783 in Great Wenham, Suffolk, the son of John Bailey, of Wakefield and his wife Susannah...

     (1783–1858)
  • Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, 2nd Baronet
    Joseph Russell Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk
    Joseph Russell Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk , known as Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, 2nd Baronet, from 1858 to 1899, was a Welsh Conservative Member of Parliament....

     (1840–1906) (created Baron Glanusk in 1899)

Barons Glanusk (1899)

  • Joseph Russell Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk
    Joseph Russell Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk
    Joseph Russell Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk , known as Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, 2nd Baronet, from 1858 to 1899, was a Welsh Conservative Member of Parliament....

     (1840–1906)
  • Joseph Henry Russell Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk (1864–1928)
  • Wilfred Russell Bailey, 3rd Baron Glanusk
    Wilfred Bailey, 3rd Baron Glanusk
    Wilfred Russell Bailey, 3rd Baron Glanusk , was a British peer and soldier.Glanusk was the son of Joseph Henry Russell Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk, and succeeded his father as third Baron in 1928...

    (1891–1948)
  • David Russell Bailey, 4th Baron Glanusk (1917–1997)
  • Christopher Russell Bailey, 5th Baron Glanusk (b. 1942)
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