Thomas Bateson, 1st Baron Deramore DL (4 June 1819 – 1 December 1890), known as Sir Thomas Bateson, 2nd Bt from 1863 until 1885, was a British peer and

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politician.

Early life

Bateson was the son of Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, of Belvoir Park, County Down and Catharine Dickson. After attending the

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he served as an officer in the

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. He attained the rank of captain.

Politics

Bateson was first elected to the

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in 1844 as a Conservative

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(MP) for

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, but he resigned this seat in 1857. He was returned again in 1864 as a member for

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, which seat he retained until 1885. Bateson served as a

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's short-lived 1852

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. He had succeeded to his father's baronetcy following his death in 1863. In 1885 he was created Baron Deramore, of Belvoir, in the County of Down in the

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. As he had no sons, both the baronetcy and the barony passed by special remainder to his younger brother,

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, who became the second baron and third baronet. Bateson served as a deputy lieutenant for Down.

Marriage and issue

On 24 February 1849 he married Hon. Caroline Elizabeth Anne Rice-Trevor, the second daughter and co-heiress of

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. They had two daughters: *Hon. Eva Frances Caroline Bateson (died 18 May 1940), married David Alfred Ker *Hon. Kathleen Mary Bateson (died 20 Jul 1935), married Walter Randolph Farquhar

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