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James Bailey (British politician)

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209: 223:, probably the Harrington Hotel, although Bailey's name is not on record. He established the hotel that bears his name in Kensington in 1876, one of the earliest privately funded hotels in London. It was a very modern hotel for this period, with an elevator and bathrooms on every floor. In 1886, he purchased the South Kensington Hotel, located in 189:. According to the parish register, he was baptized there on 12 March 1843, son of William Bailey, a labourer, and Sarah (nÊe Dunthron). 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 795: 682:
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
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Bailey made time for several interests aside from his hotelier and political career. His hobbies included
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1934–1936; lived 1882–1942), and three daughters, Alice, Augusta Dunthorne Bailey (1872–1949) who married
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Grammar School. Moving to London in 1860 at the age of twenty, he was initially employed as a butler.
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Limited, he became managing director, a position he retained until 1898.He served on the boards of
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on 18 December 1905, and died five years later, aged 69, at his London home, 58
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politician who served from 1895 to 1906 as Member of Parliament (MP) for
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Bailey's early years in business involved taking a small hotel in
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Bailey married firstly, in 1869, Catherine Smith (d. 1892) of
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to All Saints' Church Mattishall in memory of his mother.
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which was also closely aligned to the Conservative party.
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James Bailey (disambiguation)
The Right Honourable

Member of Parliament
Walworth
Mattishall
Conservative
JP
DL
Conservative
Walworth
South London
Bailey's Hotel
Kensington
gentlemen's club
Constitutional Club
Baileys Irish Cream
Mattishall
Norfolk
Essex Foxhounds
Dereham

Bailey's Hotel
Gloucester Road, London
Queen's Gate Terrace
Spiers
Pond
Harrods
D. H. Evans
vestryman

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