George Bellew-Bryan, 4th Baron Bellew explained

George Bellew-Bryan, 4th Baron Bellew (1857–1935) was an Irish 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 was appointed 2nd in command of the 5th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry on 3 February 1900, 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] [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 (1885-1973), daughter of John Benjamin Leach, on 9 April 1927. She later became known as Elaine Lady Bellew[4] and served as a City Councillor on the Kilkenny Corporation.[2] He is buried at St Mary Magdalen, Mortlake.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Major George Leopold Bryan, 4th Baron Bellew of Barmeath . The Peerage . 1 February 2011 .
  2. Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in Britain: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2012, p. 37
  3. Web site: Representative Peers - IRELAND. https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022611/http://www.leighrayment.com/reppeers/reppeersireland.htm. 7 June 2008. usurped. 5 June 2012.
  4. Web site: Elaine Carlisle Leach. The Peerage. 10 November 2021.