James Bailey (British politician)
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The Right Honourable Sir James Bailey |
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| Member of Parliament for Walworth | |
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In office 1895–1906 |
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| Born | 10 November 1840 Hampshire, England |
| Died | 12 October 1910 58 Rutland Gate, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
Sir James Bailey (10 November 1840 – 12 October 1910) JP, DL, MP, was a British Conservative Party politician who served from 1895 to 1906 as Member of Parliament (MP) for Walworth in South London. He was also a successful hotel developer, most notably for establishing the Bailey's Hotel in Kensington, and the founder of a London gentlemen's club, the Constitutional Club.
Bailey was born in 1840 (on 10 November or 15 November) in Mattishall, Norfolk, England. According to the Mattishall parish register, he was baptized there on 12 March 1843, son of William Bailey, a labourer, and Sarah Dunthorn. He should not be confused with James David Bailey, huntsman of the Essex Foxhounds from 1879 until 1920. William Bailey was also known to be a farmer of Mill Road (which became Kensington House), Mattishall, Norfolk. Bailey's mother was Sarah (née Dunthron).
He received his education at Dereham Grammar School. Moving to London in 1860 at the age of twenty, he was initially employed as a butler.
Bailey's early years in business involved taking a small hotel in Gloucester Road, London, probably the Harrington Hotel although Bailey's name is not on record. He established the Bailey's Hotel in Kensington in 1876, one of the earliest privately funded hotels in London at the time and several others hotels in London. The Bailey's Hotel 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 Queen's Gate Terrace. In 1894, after Bailey sold his hotels to Spiers and Pond Limited, he became managing director, a position he retained until 1898.He served on the boards of Harrods and D. H. Evans, as a Kensington vestryman from 1878 to 1894, as Deputy Lieutenant for Norfolk, and in 1895, Bailey became a Justice of the peace in Essex.
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