Sir Walter George Barttelot, 2nd Baronet, (11 April 1855 – 23 July 1900) was of the Barttelot Baronetcy and son 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, Barttel ...

.Mosley, Charles (2004, p. 283)
''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage''
Published by Wilmington, Delaware. 107th edition.

Early life and military career

Barttelot was born on 11 April 1855, the first son of

and Harriet Musgrave. His younger brother, Major

Edmund Musgrave Barttelot Edmund Musgrave Barttelot (28 March 1859 – 19 July 1888) was a British army officer, who became notorious after his allegedly brutal and deranged behaviour during his disastrous command of the rear column in the Congo during Henry Morton St ...

(1859–1888), was an army officer in the

Royal Fusiliers The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in continuous existence for 283 years. It was known as the 7th Regiment of Foot until the Childers Reforms of 1881. The regiment served in many wars ...

who was killed in the Congo, Africa in 1888, while Commander of the rear column of the

Emin Pasha Relief Expedition The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition of 1886 to 1889 was one of the last major European expeditions into the interior of Africa in the nineteenth century, ostensibly to the relief of Emin Pasha, General Charles Gordon's besieged governor of Equato ...

. Their sister was Dame Edith Sclater, DBE (1856–1927). He was educated at

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and subsequently served for some years in the

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, in which he attained the rank of

captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...

, retiring in 1879.Roll of Honour (2002)
''Sir Walter George Barttelot''
Retrieved 5 November 2008. In 1880, he was appointed

in the 1st Devon Yeomanry Cavalry, and in 1886, captain and honorary

major Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...

in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment.Lundy, Darryl (6 February 2011)
"Major Sir Walter George Barttelot, 2nd Bt."
''The Peerage''. Ngaio, Wellington: Lundy Consulting Ltd. Retrieved 5 November 2008. He was appointed CB in the

1892 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1892 were appointments by Queen Victoria to various orders and honours of the United Kingdom and British India. They were announced in ''The Times'' on 1 January 1892, and the various honours were gazetted in ''The London Ga ...

. He held the office of

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for

Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...

, the office of Justice of the Peace for

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...

and was County Councillor for the Western Division of Sussex. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Barttelot, of Stopham, Sussex on 2 February 1893, after his father died of

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on the same day of his second wife's funeral.The Peerage (2008)
''Barttelot, Sir Walter Barttelot, first baronet 1820–1893''
Retrieved 7 November 2008. Following the outbreak of the

Second Boer War The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the Sout ...

in late 1899, Barttelot volunteered for active service and in early March 1900 was granted the temporary rank of captain in the army while serving with the volunteer company of the

Royal Sussex Regiment The Royal Sussex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was in existence from 1881 to 1966. The regiment was formed in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot ...

in South Africa. He was killed in action on 23 July 1900 (aged 45) at Retief's Nek,

Orange Free State The Orange Free State ( nl, Oranje Vrijstaat; af, Oranje-Vrystaat;) was an independent Boer sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeat ...

in South Africa.Lundy, Darryl (30 January 2011)
"Lt.-Col. Sir Walter Balfour Barttelot, 3rd Bt."
''The Peerage''. Ngaio, Wellington: Lundy Consulting Ltd. Retrieved 7 November 2008.

Family

Barttelot married Georgiana Mary Balfour, the only daughter of George Edmond Balfour and Marianna Jowitt of the Manor,

Sidmouth Sidmouth () is a town on the English Channel in Devon, South West England, southeast of Exeter. With a population of 12,569 in 2011, it is a tourist resort and a gateway to the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. A large part of the town has ...

, on 3 June 1879.Anglo Boer War (2008)
''Officer casualties, surname B: Barttelot, Captain Sir Walter George''
. Retrieved 8 November 2008. He was survived by his wife and two sons, among whom were: * The eldest son,

Sir Walter Balfour Barttelot, 3rd Baronet Sir Walter Balfour Barttelot, 3rd Baronet, DSO (22 March 1880 – 23 October 1918) was of the Barttelot Baronetcy and grandson of Sir Walter Barttelot, 1st Baronet.Mosley, Charles (2004, p. 283)''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'' Publis ...

, who was killed in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

Persia Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

on 23 October 1918, while

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to Tehran during the

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. * The younger son,

Lieutenant-Commander Lieutenant commander (also hyphenated lieutenant-commander and abbreviated Lt Cdr, LtCdr. or LCDR) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander. The corresponding rank i ...

Nigel Kenneth Walter Barttelot, who was killed in the early days of World War I, whilst commanding the destroyer HMS ''Liberty'' during the Battle of Heligoland Bight.

Legacy

Barttelot Road, in

Horsham Horsham is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Nearby to ...

, West Sussex, takes its name from the family.''Hidden Horsham — Sussex Police Headquarters''
(2008). Retrieved 18 October 2008.

References

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