George Bampfylde, 1st Baron Poltimore

George Warwick Bampfylde, 1st Baron Poltimore (23 March 1786 – 19 December 1858), of Poltimore, Devon, known from 1823 to 1831 as Sir George Bampfylde, 6th Baronet, was a British peer.

Arms of Bampfylde: Or, on a bend gules three mullets argent

Origins
Poltimore House, seat of the Bampfylde family

Lord Bampfylde was the eldest son and heir of Sir Charles Bampfylde, 5th Baronet (1753–1823) by his wife Catherine Moore, eldest daughter of Admiral Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford.

Career

He served as lieutenant-colonel in the 1st Somerset Regiment of Militia,[1] and succeeded to the baronetcy in 1823 after his father was killed by a former servant. Bampfylde served as vice-lieutenant of Devon and in 1831 was raised to the peerage as Baron Poltimore, of Poltimore in the County of Devon.[2]

Marriages and children

Lord Poltimore married twice:

  • Firstly in 1809 to Emma Penelope Sneyd, daughter of Reverend Ralph Sneyd, Precentor of St Asaph and Chaplain to King George IV,[3] by whom he had a daughter:
    • Emma Catherine Bampfylde (1810–1825), who died aged 15.
  • Secondly in 1836 to Caroline Buller (died 1863), daughter of General Frederick William Buller of Pelynt, Cornwall,[4] by whom he had children:

Death and succession

He died in December 1858, aged 72, and was succeeded in his titles by his son born of his second marriage, Augustus Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore (1837–1908).

Notes
  1. A List of the Officers of the Militia of the United Kingdom with an Index by the Great Britain War Office, London 1 August 1809, page 59.
  2. "No. 18846". The London Gazette. 9 September 1831. p. 1834.
  3. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895 , p.41
  4. Vivian, p.41

References
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Poltimore
1831–1858		 Succeeded by
Augustus Bampfylde
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Charles Bampfylde		 Baronet
(of Poltimore)
1823–1858		 Succeeded by
Augustus Bampfylde

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