George Bellew-Bryan, 4th Baron Bellew
George Bellew-Bryan, 4th Baron Bellew (1857–1935) was a Irish peer, the son of Edward Joseph Bellew, 2nd Baron Bellew.[1]
Biography
He was born on 22 January 1857.[1]
He fought in the Second Anglo-Afghan War from 1878 to 1879.[1] From 1884 to 1885, he fought in the Nile Expedition.[1] He was appointed 2nd in command of the 5th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry on 3 February 1900,[2] and fought in the Second Boer War from 1900 to 1901.[1] He became a Lieutenant, then a Major in the 10th Royal Hussars.[1][3] He later fought in the First World War.[1]
From 1898 to 1911, he served as Lord Lieutenant of Louth in Ireland.[3] In 1911, he became the 4th Baron Bellew,[1] and was elected to sit as an Irish representative peer in the House of Lords.[4]
In 1899, he played in the first international polo match between England and Australia in Melbourne alongside Thomas Brand, 3rd Viscount Hampden.[3]
He married Elaine Carlisle Leach (1885-1973), daughter of John Benjamin Leach, on 9 April 1927. She later became known as Elaine Lady Bellew [5] and served as a City Councillor on the Kilkenny Corporation. [3]
References
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- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27160. p. 691. 2 February 1900.
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- ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p13733.htm#i137330
