Baron Poltimore

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

Seats of the Bampfylde family (Bampfylde Baronets and Barons Poltimore): In Devonshire:Poltimore;North Molton;Warleigh, Tamerton Foliot;Copleston,Colebrooke;Bampfylde House,Exeter.In Somerset:Weston Bampfylde;Hardington

Baron Poltimore,ofPoltimorein the County of Devon, is a title in thePeerage of the United Kingdom.It was created in 1831 forSir George Bampfylde, 6th Baronet.His son, the second Baron, held office asTreasurer of the Householdfrom 1872 to 1874 in the firstLiberal administrationofWilliam Ewart Gladstone.

As of 2010the titles are held by the latter's great-great-grandson, the seventh Baron, who succeeded his grandfather in 1978. He has notably been a director ofSotheby'sand appears on theAntiques Roadshowas Mark Poltimore, one of the experts on paintings.In 2013 he appeared in the filmTranceplaying the role of Francis Lemaitre, an auctioneer.

TheBampfylde Baronetcy,of Poltimore in the County of Devon, was created in theBaronetage of Englandon 14 July 1641 forJohn Bampfylde,the ancestor of the first Baron. He representedPenrynin theHouse of Commons.His son, the second Baronet, sat asMember of ParliamentforTivertonandDevonshire.His grandson, the third Baronet, and great-grandson, the fourth Baronet, both representedExeterand Devonshire in the House of Commons. The latter's son, the fifth Baronet, also sat as Member of Parliament for Exeter. He was shot by an ex-servant on 7 April 1823 and died twelve days later. He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned sixth Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1831.

Another member of the Bampfylde family wasThomas Bampfylde,brother of the first Baronet. He served briefly asSpeaker of the House of Commonsin 1659. Also,John Codrington Bampfylde,younger son of the fourth Baronet, was a poet.

The ancestral seat of the Bampfylde family wasPoltimore House,nearExeter,Devon,and from the 15th century atNorth Molton,North Devon. Their Exetertownhousewas Bampfylde House, built c. 1590,destroyed by bombing in 1942 during WW II. The seventh Baron and his family live nearHungerford,Berkshire.

Bampfylde baronets, of Poltimore (1641)

• Sir John Bampfylde, 1st Baronet(c. 1610–1650)
• Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 2nd Baronet(c. 1633–1692)
  • Hugh Bampfylde (c. 1663–1691)
• Sir Coplestone Warwick Bampfylde, 3rd Baronet(c. 1689–1727)
• Sir Richard Warwick Bampfylde, 4th Baronet(1722–1776)
• Sir Charles Warwick Bampfylde, 5th Baronet(1753–1823)
• Sir George Warwick Bampfylde, 6th Baronet(1786–1858) (createdBaron Poltimorein 1831)

Barons Poltimore (1831)

• George Warwick Bampfylde, 1st Baron Poltimore(1786–1858)
• Augustus Frederick George Warwick Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore(1837–1908); only son of the 1st Baron
• Coplestone Richard George Warwick Bampfylde, 3rd Baron Poltimore (1859–1918); eldest son of the 2nd Baron
• George Wentworth Warwick Bampfylde, 4th Baron Poltimore(1882–1965); eldest son of the 3rd Baron
  • Hon. (Coplestone) John de Grey Warwick Bampfylde (1914–1936); only son of the 4th Baron, predeceased his father unmarried.
• Arthur Blackett Warwick Bampfylde, 5th Baron Poltimore (1883–1967); 2nd son of 3rd Baron
• Hugh de Burgh Warwick Bampfylde, 6th Baron Poltimore (1888–1978); 3rd and youngest son of 3rd Baron
  • Hon. Anthony Gerard Hugh Bampfylde (1920–1969); eldest son of the 6th Baron
• Mark Coplestone Bampfylde, 7th Baron Poltimore (b. 1957); grandson of the 6th Baron through his eldest son

Theheir apparentis the present holder's eldest son, the Hon. Henry Anthony Warwick Bampfylde (b. 1985)

References

• Kidd, Charles, ed. (1903).Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage.London: Dean and son. p. 702.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages