for the House of Lords Library designed by Badeley and dated 1910 Badeley entered the
Parliament Office in 1897 and was Principal Clerk and Taxing Officer at the Judicial Department of the
House of Lords from 1919 to 1930. He was appointed a Commander of the
Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1920 and became Assistant
Clerk of the Parliaments in 1930. In 1934, he was promoted to
Clerk of the Parliaments, an office he held until 1949. and elevated to the peerage as
Baron Badeley, of Badley in the County of Suffolk, in 1949. After his retirement the
Marquess of Salisbury said of him:
"He could almost be described as the father of the house, for he had been the guide, philosopher and friend to whom they had gone in their troubles". He was a regular contributor in the
House of Lords during his two years as a member. Apart from his career in the civil service Badeley was a noted engraver. He studied under
Sir Frank Short at the
Royal College of Art and had his works exhibited at the
Royal Academy. He was a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers and was
Honorary Secretary to the society from 1911 to 1921. As an engraver, Badeley designed bookplates for many customers, including members of the peerage. He designed a bookplate for the
House of Lords Library in 1910, almost 40 years before his own elevation to the peerage. Many of his bookplates and other engravings survive in library and museum collections. ==Death==