George Bellew-Bryan, 4th Baron Bellew

He was born on 22 January 1857.

He fought in the Second Anglo-Afghan War from 1878 to 1879. From 1884 to 1885, he fought in the Nile Expedition. He was appointed 2nd in command of the 5th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry on 3 February 1900,^[1] and fought in the Second Boer War from 1900 to 1901. He became a Lieutenant, then a Major in the 10th Royal Hussars.^[2] He later fought in the First World War.

From 1898 to 1911, he served as Lord Lieutenant of Louth in Ireland.^[2] In 1911, he became the 4th Baron Bellew, and was elected to sit as an Irish representative peer in the House of Lords.^[3]

In 1899, he played in the first international polo match between England and Australia in Melbourne alongside Thomas Brand, 3rd Viscount Hampden.^[2]

He married Elaine Carlisle Leach, daughter of John Benjamin Leach, on 9 April 1927. She later became known as Elaine Lady Bellew and served as a City Councillor on the Kilkenny Corporation.^[2] He is buried at St Mary Magdalen, Mortlake.

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