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

Biography[]

He was born on 22 January 1857.[1]

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 fought in the Second Boer War from 1900 to 1901.[1] He became a Lieutenant, then a Major in the 10th Royal Hussars.[1][2] He later fought in the First World War.[1]

From 1898 to 1911, he served as Lord Lieutenant of Louth in Ireland.[2] In 1911, he became the 4th Baron Bellew,[1] and was elected to sit as an Irish representative peer in the House of Lords.[3]

In 1899, he played in the first international polo match between England and Australia in Melbourne alongside Thomas Brand, 3rd Viscount Hampden.[2]

He married Elaine Carlisle Leach, daughter of John Benjamin Leach, on 9 April 1927.[2]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Peerage biography
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in Britain: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2012, p. 37
  3. "Representative Peers - IRELAND". http://www.leighrayment.com/reppeers/reppeersireland.htm. Retrieved 5 June 2012. 
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