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Joseph Russell Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk (7 April 1840 – 6 January 1906), known as Sir Joseph Bailey, 2nd Baronet, from 1858 to 1899, was a Welsh Conservative Member of Parliament.
Born at Leamington Spa, he was the son of Joseph Bailey (1812–1850), and his wife, Elizabeth Mary Russell, the eldest daughter of William Congreve Russell. He was the grandson of the ironmaster Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet, whom he succeeded as second Baronet, of Glanusk Park, in 1858,[1][2] after his father had died 8 years earlier.
On 14 February 1861 he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the part-time 3rd (Crickhowell) Brecknockshire Rifle Volunteer Corps. On 15 May 1867, his company commander was promoted to command the 1st Administrative Battalion, Brecknockshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, and on the same day Bailey was appointed the battalion's first Honorary Colonel.[3][4][1] He retained the position with the unit's successor, the 1st (Brecknockshire) Volunteer Battalion, South Wales Borderers, until his death, when he was succeeded by his eldest son. He was awarded the Volunteer Decoration.[1][3]
In 1864, he served as High Sheriff of Brecknockshire. In 1865 he was elected to the British House of Commons for Herefordshire, a seat he held until 1885 when the constituency was abolished, and then represented Hereford between 1886 and 1892. He also served as Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire from 1875 to 1905. In 1899, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Glanusk, of Glanusk Park, in the County of Brecknock.[1]
He married Mary Ann, daughter of Henry Lucas, MD, on 9 April 1861, and they had the following children:[1]
Lord Glanusk died in January 1906, aged 65, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Joseph, who became the 2nd Baron. Lady Glanusk died in 1935.[1]
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