Anthony Bailey

Anthony John James Bailey, (born 13 January 1970) is a British public relations consultant. Bailey was active in UK political circles in the early 2000s, and has also had roles with various charities and Catholic organisations. He has received various honours. These included an Order of the British Empire (OBE) awarded in the 2008 Birthday Honours. However, he has also been stripped of various honours, including the OBE, which was revoked in 2023 after a London High Court judge sentenced him to prison for contempt of court in a 2022 divorce hearing. Personal life and background Bailey was born in London on 13 January 1970 and brought up in Ruislip, attending The Douay Martyrs School then University College London. His father, Colin, was an engineer and instructor at FÁS, an Irish state body responsible for training the unemployed. Before entering public relations, Bailey sold men's suits and worked in a pizza restaurant. Public relations Bailey was a senior account director for communications firm Burson-Marsteller, which he joined in 1993, chairman of his own company Eligo International (incorporated in 1998), then chairman of Anthony Bailey Ltd, a public relations company incorporated in 2014. Eligo International was dissolved in January 2016 with their final accounts showing funds of -£85,000. Anthony Bailey Ltd did not trade until 2016, and in accounts posted that year showed liabilities of more than £40,000. Anthony Bailey Ltd was dissolved by order of Companies House in October 2020. Its most recent accounts from 2018 showed it had built up losses of more than £220,000.