John Bailey (lawyer)
Sir John Bilsland Bailey is a retired British lawyer and public servant.
Bailey was born to Walter Bailey and Ethel Edith Bilsland, who married secondly Sir Thomas George Spencer. He was educated at Eltham College and graduated from University College London with a law degree and was admitted a solicitor in 1954. He was appointed an Under-Secretary in the Treasury Solicitor's Department in 1973, and then served 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 be HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor, serving until 1988.
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.
