The Barttelot Baronetcy, of

Stopham Stopham is a hamlet (place), hamlet and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Chichester (district), District of Chichester in West Sussex, England, about west of Pulborough on the A283 road. It is in the civil parish of Fittleworth. ...

in the County of

West Sussex West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ...

, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

History

The Baronetage was created on 14 June 1875 for the

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politician

Walter Barttelot Sir Walter Barttelot, 1st Baronet, (10 October 1820 – 2 February 1893) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Member of Parliament for several constituencies. Life A member of an ancient Sussex family, Barttel ...

. The family surname is pronounced "Bartlot". The Barttelot family is the oldest

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family in Sussex and has been seated at the manor of Stopham since 1379, which they inherited on marriage to the heiress of the ''de Stopham'' family, where they had a residence at "La Ford", situated by the ancient crossing point of the

River Arun The River Arun () is a river in the English county of West Sussex. At long, it is the longest river entirely in Sussex and one of the longest starting in Sussex after the River Medway, River Wey and River Mole. From the series of small strea ...

, where they built the surviving bridge the tolls of which they controlled for many centuries. The parish church has a large collection of heraldic brasses and stained glass windows of the Barttelot family. The 2nd Baronet was killed in action during the Boer War, the 3rd Baronet in WW I and the 4th Baronet in WW II. The title is now held by Colonel Sir Brian Barttelot, 5th Baronet (born 1941), OBE DL, great-great-grandson of the 1st Baronet (the title having descended in the direct line) who succeeded his father in 1944. He is a

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in the

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and a vice-president of the Standing Council of the Baronetage. The family residence is Stopham Park, near

Pulborough Pulborough is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, with some 5,000 inhabitants. It is located almost centrally within West Sussex and is south west of London. It is at the junction of the north–sout ...

, built on the family's estate in 1958 by the widow of the 4th Baronet as a smaller residence, having given up occupancy of the family's historic seat of Stopham House, converted to 11 flats.''A look inside Stopham Park'', published in ''Sussex Life'', 22 August 201

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Barttelot baronets, of Stopham (1875)

* Sir Walter Barttelot, 1st Baronet, Sir Walter Barttelot Barttelot, 1st Baronet (1820–1893) * Sir Walter George Barttelot, 2nd Baronet (1855–1900) * Sir Walter Balfour Barttelot, 3rd Baronet (1880–1918) *Sir Walter de Stopham Barttelot, 4th Baronet (1904–1944) *Sir Brian Walter de Stopham Barttelot, 5th Baronet OBE CStJ (b. 1941) The

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is the present holder's brother, Robin Ravenscroft Barttelot (b. 1943)

Gallery

Image:Walter Barttelot, Vanity Fair, 1886-10-23.jpg, Caricature of

Sir Walter Barttelot, 1st Baronet Sir Walter Barttelot, 1st Baronet, (10 October 1820 – 2 February 1893) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Member of Parliament for several constituencies. Life A member of an ancient Sussex family, Bartt ...

c. 1886. Image:John Gilruth 1.jpg, From left: Minister Josiah Thomas, Sir Walter Balfour Barttelot and Administrator John Gilruth in 1912.

Notes

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * *

History

Barttelot baronets, of Stopham (1875)

Gallery

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