James Bailey (British politician)
Sir James Bailey | |
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| Member of Parliament for Walworth | |
| In office 1895–1906 | |
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| Born | 10 November 1840 Norfolk, England |
| Died | 12 October 1910 58 Rutland Gate, London |
| Political party | Conservative |
Sir James Bailey (10 November 1840 – 12 October 1910)
Early years
Bailey was born in 1840 (on 10 or 15 November)[2] in Mattishall, Norfolk. According to the parish register,[3] he was baptized there on 12 March 1843, son of William Bailey, a labourer, and Sarah (née Dunthron).[4] William Bailey was also known to be a farmer of Mill Road (later Kensington House). The subject of this biography should not be confused with James David Bailey, huntsman of the Essex Foxhounds from 1879 until 1920.
He received his education at Dereham Grammar School.[5] Moving to London in 1860 at the age of twenty, he was initially employed as a butler.[6]
Career
Bailey's early years in business involved taking a small hotel in
He won his seat in the House of Commons at his first attempt, in a by-election in June 1895 following the death of the Liberal MP William Saunders. One of his two opponents was the Social Democratic Federation candidate George Lansbury, who later became leader of the Labour Party.[8] Bailey was re-elected at the general election in July 1895, and again in 1900, but lost his seat to a Liberal candidate, Charles James O'Donnell, at the 1906 general election and did not stand for Parliament again.[8]
Personal life
Bailey married firstly, in 1869, Catherine Smith (d. 1892) of
Bailey was one of the 1883 founders of the Constitutional Club,[2] a club closely aligned to the Conservative party. He was also a member of two other gentlemen's clubs in London, the Carlton Club, a venue for political discussions between Conservative MPs, and the Junior Carlton Club[2] which was also closely aligned to the Conservative party.
Bailey made time for several interests aside from his hotelier and political career. His hobbies included hunting and shooting;[5] but, while he was a supporter of the Essex hunt, he must not be confused with James David Bailey, its huntsman between 1879 and 1920.[10] Between 1878 and 1894, Bailey was active as a Kensington vestryman and People's Churchwarden.[11] Bailey retained an affinity for his childhood home town, Mattishall, as, in 1894, he donated a church organ to All Saints' Church Mattishall in memory of his mother.[4]
He was
References
- ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c Debrett (1896). Heraldic and biographical house of commons and the judicial bench. London: Dean & Son Ltd. p. 7.
- ^ "England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J7N5-H2Y : accessed 24 February 2015), James Bailey, 12 Mar 1843; citing Christening, Mattishall, Norfolk, England, Record Office, Central Library, Norwich; FHL microfilm 1,526,653.
- ^ a b "History of Mattishall Church – Part 2 – History of Church Building". allsaintsmattishall.org.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
- ^ a b Addison, Henry Robert; Oakes, Charles Henry; Lawson, William John (1900). Who's who. Vol. 52. A. & C. Black. p. 142.
- ^ a b c "Bailey's History" (PDF). Millennium Hotels. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
- ^ a b "The Alexander estate". British History Online. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
- ^ ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ a b Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1899). Armorial Families. Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
- ^ "Essex Foxhounds". essex-family-history.co.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
- ^ House of Commons: with full results of the polling, biographies of members and unsuccessful candidates, photographs of all members, and a complete analysis, statistical tables, and a map of the general election. London: Macmillan & Co. 1895. p. 133.
- ^ "No. 27865". The London Gazette. 19 December 2005. p. 9083.
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