Barttelot baronets
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The Barttelot Baronetcy, of Stopham in the County of West Sussex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
History
[edit]The Baronetage was created on 14 June 1875 for the Conservative politician Walter Barttelot.[3] The family surname is pronounced "Bartlot". The Barttelot family claims to be the oldest gentry family in Sussex[4] and has been seated at the manor of Stopham since 1379, which they inherited on marriage to the heiress of the de Stopham family, where they had a residence at "La Ford",[5] situated by the ancient crossing point of the River Arun, where they built the surviving bridge the tolls of which they controlled for many centuries.
The parish church has a large collection of heraldic brasses and stained glass windows of the Barttelot family.[6] The 2nd Baronet was killed in action during the Boer War, the 3rd Baronet in WW I and the 4th Baronet in WW II.[7] The title is now held by Colonel Sir Brian Barttelot, 5th Baronet (born 1941), OBE DL, great-great-grandson of the 1st Baronet (the title having descended in the direct line) who succeeded his father in 1944. He is a Colonel in the Coldstream Guards and a vice-president of the Standing Council of the Baronetage.[8]
The family residence is Stopham Park, near Pulborough, West Sussex, built on the family's estate in 1958 by the widow of the 4th Baronet as a smaller residence, having given up occupancy of the family's historic seat of Stopham House, converted to 11 flats.[9]
Barttelot baronets, of Stopham (1875)
[edit]- Sir Walter Barttelot Barttelot, 1st Baronet (1820–1893)
- Sir Walter George Barttelot, 2nd Baronet (1855–1900)
- Sir Walter Balfour Barttelot, 3rd Baronet (1880–1918)
- Sir Walter de Stopham Barttelot, 4th Baronet (1904–1944)
- Sir Brian Walter de Stopham Barttelot, 5th Baronet OBE CStJ (b. 1941)
The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother, Robin Ravenscroft Barttelot (b. 1943)
Gallery
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Caricature of Sir Walter Barttelot, 1st Baronet c. 1886. -
From left: Minister Josiah Thomas, Sir Walter Balfour Barttelot and Administrator John Gilruth in 1912.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.52
- ^ "Barttelot of Stopham and Westgate of Berwick, Men of Agincourt – A Quest for the Oldest Families in Sussex » RUPERT WILLOUGHBY".
- ^ "No. 24214". The London Gazette. 1 June 1875. p. 2853.
- ^ "now that the Pelhams, Wests and Ashburnhams have either died out or relinquished their ancestral estates" [1]
- ^ Burke, Sir John (2007, p. 60). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. Published by H. Colburn, 1847. Original from Harvard University. Digitized 3 August 2007. OCLC 185415734
- ^ See 2018 youtube video of Sir Brian Barttelot showing a visitor (The Bald Explorer) around, discussing his family, the brasses and stained-glass windows [2]
- ^ Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.B54
- ^ "Standing Council of the Baronetage".
- ^ A look inside Stopham Park, published in Sussex Life, 22 August 2016 [3]
References
[edit]- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
- Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
Further reading
[edit]- Robinson, C. J. (1877). "Stopham". Sussex Archaeological Collections. XXVII: 37–68. doi:10.5284/1085673.
- Round, J. H. (1912). "The Stophams, the Zouches, and the Honour of Petworth". Sussex Archaeological Collections. LV: 19–34. doi:10.5284/1085540.
- Joan Masefield, Stopham Remembered, Stopham, 1991
- A possibly fanciful family history