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Sir Edward Henry Charles Patrick Bellingham, 5th Baronet, CMG, DSO, DL (26 January 1879 – 19 May 1956) was an Anglo-Irish soldier, politician, and diplomat.

Background and education

Bellingham was the eldest son of Sir Henry Bellingham, 4th Baronet and his wife, Lady Constance Noel, the second daughter of Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough. He was educated at The Oratory School and went then to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. In 1921, he succeeded his father as baronet.

Career

In 1899, Bellingham was commissioned as Ensign into the Royal Scots. He fought with his regiment in the Second Boer War and was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal. In 1902 he received the King's South Africa Medal together with three clasps. During the First World War, Bellingham was wounded and mentioned in despatches three times. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1916 and promoted to Major in 1917, while serving as temporary Brigadier-General, having been appointed to command 118th Brigade on 3 February. He commanded the brigade during the Third Battle of Ypres in July–November that year. In the 1918 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. He and his Brigade major were taken prisoner on 28 March 1918 while commanding a rearguard during the confusion of the 'Great Retreat'. After the Armistice he was promoted to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel. He retired in 1922.

Resident at Castlebellingham, County Louth, Bellingham was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Louth in 1921, a post he held for only one year until the establishment of the Irish Free State. In 1925, he was elected to the Free State Seanad Éireann with the ninth highest number of first preference votes nationwide of the 76 candidates, and he sat there until its abolition in 1936.

With the outbreak of the Second World War, Bellingham joined the Royal Air Force. He was appointed as a Flying Officer in 1941 and later was a Squadron Leader in the RAF Regiment. After the war he served in the Commission of Control in Germany until 1947. In his last years he was vice-consul at the British embassy in Guatemala.

Personal life

Bellingham was a breeder of pedigree pigs and Aberdeen Angus cattle. On 11 June 1904, he married Charlotte Elizabeth; she was the daughter of Alfred Payne and widow of Frederick Gough. They had an only daughter. Bellingham died in 1956 and was survived by his wife, who died in 1964. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew, Roger.

Notes

1. ^ Who was Who (1961), p. 90
2. ^ Fox-Davies (1929), p. 132
3. Who's Who (1951), p. 212
4. "No. 27110". The London Gazette. 22 August 1899. p. 5251.
5. ^ Who's Who (1951), p. 213
6. "No. 29968". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 March 1917. p. 2205.
7. "No. 30443". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 December 1917. p. 13435.
8. ^ Becke, p. 92.
9. Edmonds, 1917, Vol II, pp. 168, 287.
10. "No. 30450". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1917. p. 4.
11. Edmonds, 1918, Vol II, p. 47.
12. "No. 31759". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 January 1920. p. 1218.
13. "No. 32738". The London Gazette. 15 August 1922. p. 6020.
14. "Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) 1831–". Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
15. "Edward Bellingham". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
16. ^ Burke (2003), p. 338
17. "No. 35301". The London Gazette. 7 October 1941. p. 5798.

References

• Maj A.F. Becke,History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 3b: New Army Divisions (30–41) and 63rd (R.N.) Division, London: HM Stationery Office, 1939/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-41-X.
• Burke, John (2003). Charles Mosley (ed.). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: 107th Edition. Vol. I. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
• Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds, History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917, Vol II, Messines and Third Ypres (Passchendaele), London: HM Stationery Office, 1948/Uckfield: Imperial War Museum and Naval and Military Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-845747-23-7.
• Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds, History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918, Vol II, March–April: Continuation of the German Offensives, London: Macmillan, 1937/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1995, ISBN 1-87042394-1/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84574-726-8.
• Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1929). Armorial Families. Vol. I. London: Hurst & Blackett.
• Who's Who 1951. London: Adam & Charles Black Ltd. 1951.
• Who was Who, 1951–1960. London: Adam & Charles Black Ltd. 1961. ISBN 0-7136-2598-8.

External links

• Portraits of Sir Edward Bellingham, 5th Baronet at the National Portrait Gallery, London

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