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The Right Honourable
George Bellew-Bryan
4th Baron Bellew
George Bellew-Bryan, 4th Baron Bellew, 1879
Baron Bellew
In office
1911–1935
Preceded byCharles Bellew, 3rd Baron Bellew
Succeeded byEdward Bellew, 5th Baron Bellew
Lord Lieutenant of Louth
In office
1898–1911
Representative peer for Ireland
In office
1914–1935
Personal details
Born
George Leopold Bryan

(1857-01-22)January 22, 1857
DiedJanuary 26, 1935(1935-01-26) (aged 78)
NationalityIrish
SpouseElaine Carlisle Leach
ProfessionSoldier, Peer
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceBritish Army
RankMajor
Unit10th Royal Hussars
Battles/warsSecond Anglo-Afghan War, Nile Expedition, Second Boer War, World War I

George Bellew-Bryan, 4th Baron Bellew (1857–1935) was an Irish peer, the son of Edward Joseph Bellew, 2nd Baron Bellew.[1]

Biography

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He was born on 22 January 1857.[1]

St Mary Magdalen, Mortlake

He fought in the Second Anglo-Afghan War from 1878 to 1879.[1] From 1884 to 1885, he fought in the Nile Expedition.[1] He was appointed 2nd in command of the 5th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry on 3 February 1900,[2] and fought in the Second Boer War from 1900 to 1901.[1] He became a Lieutenant, then a Major in the 10th Royal Hussars.[1][3] He later fought in the First World War.[1]

From 1898 to 1911, he served as Lord Lieutenant of Louth in Ireland.[3] In 1911, he became the 4th Baron Bellew,[1] and was elected to sit as an Irish representative peer in the House of Lords.[4]

In 1899, he played in the first international polo match between England and Australia in Melbourne alongside Thomas Brand, 3rd Viscount Hampden.[3]

He married Elaine Carlisle Leach (1885-1973), daughter of John Benjamin Leach, on 9 April 1927. She later became known as Elaine Lady Bellew[5] and served as a City Councillor on the Kilkenny Corporation.[3] He is buried at St Mary Magdalen, Mortlake.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Major George Leopold Bryan, 4th Baron Bellew of Barmeath". The Peerage. 1 February 2011.
  2. ^ "No. 27160". The London Gazette. 2 February 1900. p. 691.
  3. ^ a b c d Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in Britain: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2012, p. 37
  4. ^ "Representative Peers - IRELAND". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "Elaine Carlisle Leach". The Peerage. Retrieved 10 November 2021.


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Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Baron Bellew
1911–1935 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Representative peer for Ireland
1914–1935 		Office lapsed
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