Sir John Bilsland BaileyKCB (5 November 1928 – 22 February 2021) was a British solicitor and public servant.[1]
Bailey was born in Eltham, London to Walter Bailey, who ran the Lord Derby pub opposite Woolwich Arsenal,[2] and composer Ethel Edith Bilsland, who married secondly Sir Thomas George Spencer,[1] a telecommunications executive.[3] His first cousin was actor John Bailey.[2]
john, bailey, solicitor, john, bilsland, bailey, november, 1928, february, 2021, british, solicitor, public, servant, bailey, born, eltham, london, walter, bailey, lord, derby, opposite, woolwich, arsenal, composer, ethel, edith, bilsland, married, secondly, t. Sir John Bilsland Bailey KCB 5 November 1928 22 February 2021 was a British solicitor and public servant 1 Bailey was born in Eltham London to Walter Bailey who ran the Lord Derby pub opposite Woolwich Arsenal 2 and composer Ethel Edith Bilsland who married secondly Sir Thomas George Spencer 1 a telecommunications executive 3 His first cousin was actor John Bailey 2 Bailey attended Eltham College and graduated from University College London with a law degree and was later admitted as a solicitor in 1954 He was appointed an Under Secretary in the Treasury Solicitor s Department in 1973 later serving as Legal Director of the Office of Fair Trading between 1977 and 1979 when he became Deputy Treasury Solicitor He was promoted in 1984 to HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor serving until 1988 4 5 6 7 Bailey was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1982 New Year Honours and he was promoted to Knight Commander in the 1987 Birthday Honours 8 9 He died in London from pneumonia on 22 February 2021 at the age of 92 10 References edit a b Mosley Charles ed 2003 Burke s Peerage Baronetage amp Knighthood 107 ed Burke s Peerage amp Gentry p 220 ISBN 0 9711966 2 1 a b Sir John Bailey obituary The Times 3 April 2021 Retrieved 22 May 2023 Sir Thomas Spencer is Dead Telecommunications Executive The New York Times 3 March 1976 Bailey Sir John Bilsland Who s Who online edition Oxford University Press December 2018 Retrieved 3 January 2018 The Solicitors and Barristers Directory and Diary 1986 vol 1 p 86 The London Gazette 12 September 1984 no 49866 p 12387 The London Gazette 16 November 1988 no 51532 p 12828 The London Gazette 30 December 1981 no 48837 p 3 The London Gazette 12 June 1987 no 50948 p 2 Births Marriages and Deaths The Times London 2 March 2021 Retrieved 26 March 2021 Legal officesPreceded bySir Michael Kerry HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor1984 1988 Succeeded bySir James Nursaw nbsp nbsp This United Kingdom law related biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Bailey solicitor amp oldid 1187732068, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
