Joseph Russell Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk

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

Glanusk was the eldest son of Joseph Russell Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk, and succeeded his father in the barony in 1906. He had already succeeded his father as Lord Lieutenant of Breconshire in 1905, a post he held until his death. Lord Glanusk married Editha Elma, daughter of Major Warden Sergison, in 1890. 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.

In 1885 he was commissioned Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards from Sandhurst. He was promoted Captain in 1896 and Major in 1900 or 1901. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1901 and retired in 1903. He then became Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the 3rd Battalion, South Wales Borderers, Territorial Force.

[edit] References

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

Honorary titles
Preceded by The Lord Glanusk	Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire 1905–1928	Succeeded by The Lord Glanusk
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Joseph Russell Bailey	Baron Glanusk 1906–1928	Succeeded by Wilfred Russell Bailey