Sir Walter Johnston Halsey, 2nd Baronet

Sir Walter Johnston Halsey
1 June 1868 – 2 September 1950
Place of birth	London
Place of death	Hemel Hempstead, Herts
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit	4th Bn the Bedfordshire Regiment
Battles/wars	World War I
Awards	OBE
Other work	DL Herts and JP for Herts and Middlesex

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Walter Johnston Halsey OBE (1 June 1868–2 September 1950), sometime DL and JP for Hertfordshire and Middlesex, and Chair. Legal Insurance Co. ^[1] He succeeded to the title on the death of his father in 1927.

The son of Sir Frederick Halsey, the 1st Baronet, he was born at St George Hanover Square, London, England, and educated at Eton. Halsey was a member of the prominent Halsey family of Hertfordshire, whose seat was at Gaddesden Place, near Hemel Hempstead, his grandfather, Thomas Plumer Halsey, was Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire from 1847 to 24 April 1854.

Halsey married Agnes Marion, the daughter of William MacAlpine Leny, on 28 July 1896. He was appointed OBE in 1920, a JP, and was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 4th Bn the Bedfordshire Regiment, serving in World War I as a Staff Captain DAAG and AAG.

He was the father of Captain Sir Thomas Halsey DSO (1898-1970), the 3rd Baronet.

Like most of the male members of his family, Halsey was a Freemason.

Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Thomas Frederick Halsey, 1st Baronet	Halsey of Gaddesdon, Hertfordshire 12 Feb 1927 – 2 Sep 1950	Succeeded by Sir Thomas Halsey, 3rd Baronet