Walter Halsey

Sir Walter Johnston Halsey
Born 1 June 1868
London
Died 2 September 1950
Hemel Hempstead, Herts
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit 4th Bn the Bedfordshire Regiment
Battles/wars World War I
Awards OBE
Other work DL Herts and JP for Herts and Middlesex

Sir Walter Johnston Halsey, 2nd Baronet OBE DL JP (1 June 1868 2 September 1950), sometime DL and JP for Hertfordshire and Middlesex, and Chair. Legal Insurance Co.[1] 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.

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Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Frederick Halsey
Baronet
(of Gaddesdon, Hertfordshire)
1927 1950
Succeeded by
Thomas Halsey
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