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, Bar ...

.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 war ...

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

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. 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

5th Dragoon Guards The 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards was a British army cavalry regiment, officially raised in January 1686 as Shrewsbury's Regiment of Horse or the Earl of Shrewsbury's Horse. By 1687, it was known as Langsdale's Horse, from ...

, in which he attained the rank of

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, 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 most commonly refers to: * Major (rank), a military rank * Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits * People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames * Major and minor in musi ...

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. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for

Sussex Sussex (Help:IPA/English, /ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English ''Sūþseaxe''; lit. 'South Saxons'; 'Sussex') is an area within South East England that was historically a kingdom of Sussex, kingdom and, later, a Historic counties of England, ...

, the office of Justice of the Peace for

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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 (, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and ...

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

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in South Africa. He was

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on 23 July 1900 (aged 45) at Retief's Nek,

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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 13,258 in 2021, 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, who was killed in

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on 23 October 1918, while

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''Geneva C ...

to Tehran during the

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. * The younger son, Lieutenant-Commander 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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