Baron Glanusk, of Glanusk Park

Glanusk Park

Glanusk Park is an estate in Britain. It is situated near Crickhowell, Powys, within the historic boundaries of Brecknockshire. It was established in 1826 by a "retired" ironmaster, Sir Joseph Bailey. The park features in the hereditary title Baron Glanusk which was given to Sir Joseph's grandson,...

 in the County of Brecknock

Brecknockshire

Brecknockshire , also known as the County of Brecknock, Breconshire, or the County of Brecon is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, and a former administrative county.-Geography:...

, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1899 for Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, 2nd Baronet

Joseph Russell Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk

Joseph Russell Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk , known as Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, 2nd Baronet, from 1858 to 1899, was a Welsh Conservative Member of Parliament....

, who had earlier represented Herefordshire

Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

The county constituency of Herefordshire, in the West Midlands of England bordering on Wales, was abolished when the county was divided for parliamentary purposes in 1885...

 and Hereford

Hereford (UK Parliament constituency)

Hereford was, until 2010, a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since 1918, it had elected one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post voting system....

 in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 as a Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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. Both his son, the second Baron, and grandson, the third Baron, served as Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire

Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire

This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire. After 1723, all Lord Lieutenants were also Custos Rotulorum of Brecknockshire...

. The latter was succeeded by his first cousin, the fourth Baron. He was the son of the Hon. Herbert Crawshay Bailey, fourth son of the first Baron. the titles are held by his son, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 1997.

The Bailey Baronetcy, of Glanusk Park in the County of Brecon, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1852 for Joseph Bailey

Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet

Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet was an English ironmaster and Member of Parliament .Bailey was born in 1783 in Great Wenham, Suffolk, the son of John Bailey, of Wakefield and his wife Susannah...

, a Welsh

Wales

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 ironmaster and Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Worcester

Worcester (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and Breconshire

Breconshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Breconshire or Brecknockshire was a constituency in Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the English Parliament, and later to the Parliament of Great Britain and of the United Kingdom, between 1542 and 1918...

. He was succeeded by his grandson, the aforementioned second Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1899.

Bailey Baronets, of Glanusk Park (1852)

• Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet
  Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet
  Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet was an English ironmaster and Member of Parliament .Bailey was born in 1783 in Great Wenham, Suffolk, the son of John Bailey, of Wakefield and his wife Susannah...
  
   (1783–1858)
• Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, 2nd Baronet
  Joseph Russell Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk
  Joseph Russell Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk , known as Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, 2nd Baronet, from 1858 to 1899, was a Welsh Conservative Member of Parliament....
  
   (1840–1906) (created Baron Glanusk in 1899)

Barons Glanusk (1899)

• Joseph Russell Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk
  Joseph Russell Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk
  Joseph Russell Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk , known as Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, 2nd Baronet, from 1858 to 1899, was a Welsh Conservative Member of Parliament....
  
   (1840–1906)
• Joseph Henry Russell Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk (1864–1928)
• Wilfred Russell Bailey, 3rd Baron Glanusk
  Wilfred Bailey, 3rd Baron Glanusk
  Wilfred Russell Bailey, 3rd Baron Glanusk , was a British peer and soldier.Glanusk was the son of Joseph Henry Russell Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk, and succeeded his father as third Baron in 1928...
  
  (1891–1948)
• David Russell Bailey, 4th Baron Glanusk (1917–1997)
• Christopher Russell Bailey, 5th Baron Glanusk (b. 1942)