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Sir Alan Henry Bellingham, 4th Baronet




Born in Castle Bellingham in County Louth , he was the son of Sir Alan Bellingham, 3rd Baronet and Elizabeth Clarke. Bellingham was educated at Harrow School in Harrow On The Hill and at Exeter College, Oxford , where he graduated with a Bachelor Of Arts in 1869 and a Master Of Arts in 1872. In 1909, he received a Honorary Doctorate Of Law from the Royal University Of Ireland .

In 1875, he was Called To The Bar by Lincoln's Inn . Bellingham served in the 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles , reaching the rank of Captain . From 1880 to 1885, he was Member Of Parliament (MP) for County Louth . Having succeeded to his father's Baronetcy in 1889, he was Sheriff of County Louth in 1897. In 1911, he became Lord Lieutenant Of Louth , an office he held until his death. Bellingham was further Privy Chamberlain to three popes, Pius IX , Leo XIII and Pius X .


FAMILY

On 13 January 1874 , he married firstly Lady Constance Julia Eleanor Georgiana Noel, daughter of the 2nd Earl Of Gainsborough in St Thomas Of Canterbury in Exton . He married secondly Hon. Lelgarde Harry Florence Clifton, daughter of the 22nd Baroness Grey De Ruthyn on 11 June 1895 in the Church Of Our Lady in St John's Wood , London . Bellingham had four children by his first wife:



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  Title Member Of Parliament for County Louth <br/><small>with Philip Callan </small>
  Years 1880 &ndash 1885
  Before Alexander Martin Sullivan <br/> Philip Callan
  After ''(constituency abolished)''


  Title Lord Lieutenant Of Louth
  Years 1911&ndash1921
  Before The Lord Bellew
  After Sir Edward Bellingham, Bt


  Title Baronet <br/>'''(of Castle Bellingham)
  Years '''1889&ndash1921
  Before Alan Bellingham
  After Edward Bellingham