Barttelot baronets explained

The Barttelot Baronetcy, of Stopham in the County of West Sussex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

History

The Baronetage was created on 14 June 1875 for the Conservative politician Walter Barttelot. The family surname is pronounced "Bartlot". The Barttelot family claims to be the oldest gentry family in Sussex^[1] 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",^[2] situated by the ancient crossing point of the River Arun, 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.^[3] The 2nd Baronet was killed in action during the Boer War, the 3rd Baronet in WW I and the 4th Baronet in WW II.^[4] 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 Colonel in the Coldstream Guards and a vice-president of the Standing Council of the Baronetage.^[5]

The family residence is Stopham Park, near Pulborough, West Sussex, 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.^[6]

Barttelot baronets, of Stopham (1875)

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

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  • Web site: Lundy . Darryl . FAQ . The Peerage.

Further reading

• C. J. . Robinson . Stopham . Sussex Archaeological Collections . XXVII . 1877 . 37–68 . 10.5284/1085673 . free.
• Horace Round . J. H. . Round . The Stophams, the Zouches, and the Honour of Petworth . Sussex Archaeological Collections . LV . 1912 . 19–34 . 10.5284/1085540 . free.
• Joan Masefield, Stopham Remembered, Stopham, 1991
• A possibly fanciful family history

Notes and References

1. "now that the Pelhams, Wests and Ashburnhams have either died out or relinquished their ancestral estates" http://www.rupertwilloughby.co.uk/gleanings/barttelot-of-stopham-and-westgate-of-berwick-men-of-agincourt-a-quest-for-the-oldest-families-in-sussex/
2. Burke, Sir John (2007, p. 60). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. Published by H. Colburn, 1847. Original from Harvard University. Digitized 3 August 2007.
3. See 2018 youtube video of Sir Brian Barttelot showing a visitor (The Bald Explorer) around, discussing his family, the brasses and stained-glass windows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lliJtVnQ2fM
4. Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.B54
5. Web site: Standing Council of the Baronetage.
6. A look inside Stopham Park, published in Sussex Life, 22 August 2016 https://www.sussexlife.co.uk/out-about/places/a-look-inside-stopham-park-1-4664079