Baron Glanusk

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Glanusk Park, the seat of the Bailey family

Baron Glanusk, of Glanusk Park in the County of Brecknock,[1] is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1899 for Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, 2nd Baronet, who had earlier represented Herefordshire and Hereford in the House of Commons as a Conservative. Both his son, the second Baron, and grandson, the third Baron, served as Lord Lieutenant 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. As of 2010 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,[2] was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1852 for Joseph Bailey, a Welsh ironmaster and Member of Parliament for Worcester and Breconshire. He was succeeded by his grandson, the aforementioned second Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1899.

Bailey baronets, of Glanusk Park (1852)

Barons Glanusk (1899)

Coat of arms

Arms of Baron Glanusk
Coronet of a British Baron.svg
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Coat of arms of Baron Glanusk
Coronet
A coronet of a Baron
Crest
A Griffin sejant Argent semy of Annulets Gules
Escutcheon
Argent between two Bars three Annulets in fess Gules between as many Martlets of the last
Supporters
Dexter: a Collier proper; Sinister: a Smith proper
Motto
Libertas (Liberty)

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