Sir Walter Johnston Halsey, 2nd Baronet

Infobox Military Person
name= Sir Walter Johnston Halsey


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born= 1 June 1868
died= 2 September 1950
placeofbirth= London
placeofdeath= Hemel Hempstead, Herts
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allegiance= United Kingdom
branch= British Army
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rank= Lieutenant-Colonel
unit= 4th Bn the Bedfordshire Regiment
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battles= World War I
awards= OBE
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laterwork= DL Herts and JP for Herts and Middlesex

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Walter Johnston Halsey OBE (1 June, 1868–2 September, 1950), sometime DL and JP for Hertfordshire and Middlesex, and Chair. Legal Insurance Co. [ [http://4dw.net/royalark/Malaysia/sarawak4.htm Royal Ark] ] He succeeded to the title on the death of his father in 1927.

The son of Sir Frederick Halsey, the 1st Baronet, he was born in the parish of St George's, Hanover Square, London, England, and educated at Eton. Halsey was a member of the prominent Halsey family of Hertfordshire, whose seat was at Gaddesden Place, near Hemel Hempstead, his grandfather, Thomas Plumer Halsey, was Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire from 1847 to 24 April 1854.

Halsey married Agnes Marion, the daughter of William MacAlpine Leny, on 28 July, 1896. He was appointed OBE in 1920, a JP, and was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 4th Bn the Bedfordshire Regiment, serving in World War I as a Staff Captain DAAG and AAG.

He was the father of Captain Sir Thomas Halsey DSO (1898-1970), the 3rd Baronet.

Like most of the male members of his family, Halsey was a Freemason.

ee Also

Halsey Baronets

References

External links

* [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=P33518 Halsey in the National archives]
* [http://pollock.4mg.com/Halsey.htm Halsey on Pollock Ancestry]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p19509.htm Halsey on the Peerage.com website]