Walter Barttelot
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(10 October 1820 – 2 February 1893) was a Conservative Party
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politician in the United Kingdom
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who served as Member of Parliament
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for several constituencies.
A member of an ancient Sussex
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family, Barttelot was the son of George Barttelot and his wife Emma (née Woodbridge). He was educated at Rugby School
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and then served as a captain in the service of the 1st Royal Dragoons. In December 1860 he was elected as a member for West Sussex
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, which he served until 1885 when he became member for Horsham
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, serving until his death. Horsham's Barttelot Road off the Brighton Road was named after him. Sussex Police Headquarters was based there and current photographs of Barttelot Road are featured (Hidden Horsham). Barttelot was created as a Baronet, of Stopham in the County of Sussex, in 1875, and made a Companion of the Order of the Bath
Order of the Bath
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in 1880. In 1892 he was admitted to the Privy Council
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He became a director of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in August 1864, and served as its Chairman from April to July 1867.
Barttelot married firstly Harriet, daughter of Sir Christopher Musgrave, 9th Baronet, in 1852. They had two sons and five daughters, including Dame Edith Sclater
Edith Sclater
Dame Edith Harriet Barttelot Sclater, DBE was the daughter of Sir Walter Barttelot, 1st Bt. and Harriet Musgrave.She married General Sir Henry Crichton Sclater, son of James Henry Sclater, on 12 June 1884...
. After his first wife's death in 1863 he married secondly Margaret, daughter of Henry Boldero, in 1868. They had no children. Lady Barttelot died in January 1893. Barttelot survived her by only a few days and died in early February 1893, aged 72. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Walter.
See also
- Barttelot BaronetsBarttelot BaronetsThe Barttelot Baronetcy, of Stopham in the County of West Sussex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 14 June 1875 for the Conservative politician Walter Barttelot...
- Sir Walter George Barttelot, 2nd BaronetSir Walter George Barttelot, 2nd BaronetSir Walter George Barttelot, 2nd Baronet was of the Barttelot Baronetcy and son of Sir Walter Barttelot, 1st Baronet...
- Sir Walter Balfour Barttelot, 3rd BaronetSir Walter Balfour Barttelot, 3rd BaronetSir Walter Balfour Barttelot, 3rd Baronet DSO was of the Barttelot Baronetcy and grandson of Sir Walter Barttelot, 1st Baronet...
(pictured at right)