Sir Henry Bellingham, 4th Baronet

For other people named Henry Bellingham, see Henry Bellingham (disambiguation).

Sir Alan Henry Bellingham, 4th Baronet JP (23 August 1846 – 9 June 1921),[1] commonly known as Henry Bellingham, was a British Conservative politician and barrister-at-law.

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Background

Born in Castlebellingham in County Louth, he was the eldest son of Sir Alan Bellingham, 3rd Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Clarke, only daughter of Henry Clarke.[2] He succeeded his father as baronet in 1889.[3] Bellingham was educated at Harrow School and at Exeter College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1869 and a Master of Arts three years later.[2] In 1909, he received a Honorary Doctorate of Law from the Royal University of Ireland and became one of its senators.[4]

Career

In 1875, he was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn.[2] Bellingham served in the British Army and captain in the 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles.[2] He entered the British House of Commons in 1880, representing County Louth as Member of Parliament (MP) unil 1885.[5] In 1900, he inherted the Castlebellingham estate from his uncle, Sydney Robert Bellingham. He was High Sheriff of Louth in 1897, Justice of the Peace for this county[4] and, having been previously a Deputy Lieutenant was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Louth in 1911, an office he held until his death in 1921.[6] Bellingham was Commissioner of National Education for Ireland and was successively Private Chamberlain to the three popes, Pius IX, Leo XIII and Pius X.[7] He was also High Sheriff of Louth for 1897.

Family

On 13 January 1874, he married firstly Lady Constance Julia Eleanor Georgiana Noel, daughter of Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough at St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Exton.[8] She died in 1891, and Bellingham married secondly Hon. Lelgarde Harry Florence Clifton, younger daughter of Augustus Wykeham Clifton and his wife Bertha Clifton, 22nd Baroness Grey de Ruthyn at the Church of Our Lady, St John's Wood on 11 June 1895.[8] Bellingham had two sons and two daughters by his first wife.[3] He died aged 74 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his older son Edward.[1] His second daughter Augusta married John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB2.htm. Retrieved 6 July 2009. 
  2. ^ a b c d Debrett, John (1881). Robert Henry Mair. ed. Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench. London: Dean & Son. pp. 16. 
  3. ^ a b Debrett, John (1893). Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage. London: Oldhams Press. pp. 41. 
  4. ^ a b Walford, Edward (1919). The County Families of the United Kingdom. vol. LIX. London: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne and Co. Ltd.. pp. 98. 
  5. ^ "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Louth County". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Lcommons4.htm. Retrieved 6 July 2009. 
  6. ^ "Institute of Historical Research - Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants of Ireland from 1831". http://www.history.ac.uk/resources/office/lieutenants-ire#v. Retrieved 6 July 2009. 
  7. ^ Who is Who 1914. London: Adam & Charles Black Ltd.. 1914. pp. 149. 
  8. ^ a b c "ThePeerage - Sir Alan Henry Bellingham, 4th Bt". http://www.thepeerage.com/p2387.htm#i23863. Retrieved 18 February 2007. 

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Alexander Martin Sullivan
Philip Callan		 Member of Parliament for County Louth
1880 – 1885
With: Philip Callan		 Constituency abolished
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Lord Bellew		 Lord Lieutenant of Louth
1911–1921		 Succeeded by
Sir Edward Bellingham, 5th Bt
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by
Alan Bellingham		 Baronet
 (of Castle Bellingham)
1889–1921		 Succeeded by
Edward Bellingham