Sir Walter Barttelot, 2nd Baronet

Sir Walter George Barttelot, 2nd Baronet, CB (11 April 1855 – 23 July 1900) was of the Barttelot Baronetcy and son of Sir Walter Barttelot, 1st Baronet.[1]

Sir Walter Barttelot, 2nd Baronet
Born	11 April 1855 Sidmouth, Devon
Died	23 July 1900
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major
Unit	5th Dragoon Guards 1st Devon Yeomanry Cavalry Royal Sussex Regiment
Battles/wars	Second Boer War

Early life and military career

Barttelot was born on 11 April 1855, the first son of Sir Walter Barttelot, 1st Baronet and Harriet Musgrave. He was educated at Eton College and subsequently served for some years in the 5th Dragoon Guards, in which he attained the rank of captain, retiring in 1879.[2]

In 1880, he was appointed captain of the 1st Devon Yeomanry Cavalry, and in 1886, captain and honorary major of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment.[2][3] He was appointed CB in the 1892 New Year Honours.

He held the office of Justice of the Peace for Sussex, the office of Justice of the Peace for Devon and was County Councillor for the Western Division of Sussex.[4][3] He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Barttelot, of Stopham, Sussex on 2 February 1893, after his father died of natural causes on the same day of his second wife's funeral.[1][5]

Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in late 1899, Barttelot volunteered for service and in early March 1900 was granted the temporary rank of captain in the army while serving with the volunteer company in South Africa.[6] He was killed in action on 23 July 1900 (aged 45) at Retief's Nek, Orange Free State in South Africa.[7][8]

Family

Barttelot married Georgiana Mary Balfour, the only daughter of George Edmond Balfour and Marianna Jowitt of the Manor, Sidmouth, on 3 June 1879.[2][4] He was survived by his wife and two sons.

• The eldest son, Sir Walter Balfour Barttelot, 3rd Baronet, was killed in Tehran, Persia on 23 October 1918, while Military Attaché to Tehran[9] during the First World War.[7][10]
• Barttelot's younger son, Lieutenant-Commander Nigel Kenneth Walter Barttelot, had been killed in the early days of World War I, whilst commanding the destroyer HMS Liberty during the Battle of Heligoland Bight.[11]
• Barttelot's younger brother, Edmund Musgrave Barttelot, Captain and Brevet Major Royal Fusiliers was killed in the Congo, Africa on 19 July 1888, while Commander of the rear column of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition.[5][12]
• Barttelot's sister was Dame Edith Sclater, OBE.[13]

Legacy

Barttelot Road, in Horsham, West Sussex, takes its name from the family.[14]

References

1. Mosley, Charles (2004, p. 283). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Published by Wilmington, Delaware. 107th edition. OCLC 224060332
2. Roll of Honour (2002). Sir Walter George Barttelot. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
3. Lundy, Darryl (6 February 2011). "Major Sir Walter George Barttelot, 2nd Bt.". The Peerage. Ngaio, Wellington: Lundy Consulting Ltd. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
4. Anglo Boer War (2008). Officer casualties, surname B: Barttelot, Captain Sir Walter George Archived 2 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
5. The Peerage (2008). Barttelot, Sir Walter Barttelot, first baronet 1820–1893. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
6. "No. 27170". The London Gazette. 2 March 1900. p. 1434.
7. Lundy, Darryl (30 January 2011). "Lt.-Col. Sir Walter Balfour Barttelot, 3rd Bt.". The Peerage. Ngaio, Wellington: Lundy Consulting Ltd. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
8. Roll of Honour (2004). Brighton Boer War Memorial: Sir Walter George Barttelot. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
9. "No. 30941". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 October 1918. p. 11844.
10. Commonwealth War Graves Commission (2008). Barttelot, Sir Walter Balfour. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
11. Casualty Details—Barttelot, Nigel Kenneth Walter, Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
12. Barttelot, Walter George (2007). The Life of Edmund Musgrave Barttelot. Published by Gardners Books. OCLC 156820417 ISBN 978-1-4325-2753-2.
13. Lundy, Darryl (6 February 2011). "Edith Hariet Barttelot". The Peerage. Ngaio, Wellington: Lundy Consulting Ltd. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
14. Hidden Horsham — Sussex Police Headquarters Archived 7 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine (2008). Retrieved 18 October 2008.