Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet
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Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet DL
Deputy Lieutenant
In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....

 (13 March 1782 – 21 April 1863) was an Irish baronet, landowner and Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
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 politician.

He was the only son of Thomas Bateson and his wife Elizabeth, youngest daughter of George Lloyd.

On 18 December 1818, he was created a Baronet, of Belvoir Park, in the County of Down. Bateson entered the British House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

 in 1830, sitting for Londonderry
Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)
Londonderry was a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also a constituency in elections to various regional bodies. It was replaced in boundary changes in 1983...

 until 1842, when he was succeeded in the constituency by his eldest son Robert
Robert Bateson (politician)
Robert Bateson was an Irish Conservative politician.He was the oldest son of Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet and his wife Catherine, the youngest daughter of Samuel Dickinson....

. He was a magistrate in County Down
County Down
-Cities:*Belfast *Newry -Large towns:*Dundonald*Newtownards*Bangor-Medium towns:...

 and represented it as a Deputy Lieutenant
Deputy Lieutenant
In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....

.

He married Catherine, the youngest daughter of Samuel Dickinson on 27 April 1811, and had by her two daughters and four sons. In 1863, Bateson died aged 83 at his seat Belvoir Park and his son Robert having predeceased him at Jerusalem him twenty years before, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his second son Thomas
Thomas Bateson, 1st Baron Deramore
Thomas Bateson, 1st Baron Deramore , known as Sir Thomas Bateson, 2nd Bt from 1863 until 1885, was a British peer and Conservative Party politician.-Biography:...

, later raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

 as Baron Deramore
Baron Deramore
Baron Deramore, of Belvoir in the County of Down, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 18 November 1885 for the Conservative Member of Parliament Sir Thomas Bateson, 2nd Baronet. His father Thomas Bateson had been created a Baronet, of Belvoir Park in the County of...

. Bateson's youngest son George was per a special remainder heir to his brother's barony.
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