George Bampfylde, 1st Baron Poltimore

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

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.

Origins

Lord Bampfylde was the only 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 & progeny

Lord Poltimore married twice:

Death & 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. The London Gazette: no. 18846. p. 1834. 9 September 1831.
  3. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitation of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895 , p.41
  4. Vivian, p.41

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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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