Roberts baronets of Glassenbury and Britfieldstown (1809) explained

The Roberts baronetcy, of Britfieldstown (a townland, Baile an Bhritbhíligh^[1]) in the County of Cork and of the City of Cork, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 20 September 1809 for Thomas Roberts, son of Randal Roberts of Britfieldstown.^[2]

Roberts baronets, of Glassenbury and Britfieldstown (1809)

• Sir Thomas Roberts, 1st Baronet (1738–1814)^[2]
• Sir Walter Roberts, 2nd Baronet (1770–1828)^[2]
• Sir Thomas Howland Roberts, 3rd Baronet (1804–1864)^[2]
• Sir Randal Howland Roberts, 4th Baronet (1837–1899), army officer and author^[3]
• Sir Howland Roberts, 5th Baronet (1845–1917)
• Sir Thomas Langdon Howland Roberts, 6th Baronet (1898–1979)
• Sir Gilbert Howland Rookehurst Roberts, 7th Baronet (born 1934)

The heir apparent is the present holder's only son Howland Langdon Roberts (born 1961).

Claim to 1620 title

Holders have a well and long established claim to the Glassenbury title, of the Roberts baronetcy of 1620.

Jane Roberts, only daughter of the 6th Baronet of the 1620 creation, married George Beauclerk, 3rd Duke of St Albans. She died in 1775 and left Glassenbury, a medieval mansion in Kent, to the Roberts family of Britfieldstown, they being descendants of Thomas, second son of the 2nd Baronet of the 1620 creation. They were absentee owners, until Thomas Walton Roberts (died 1882), second son of the 1st Baronet, began to maintain the house and estate. In 1882 those passed to his nephew John Roberts Atkin, and they remained in the family into the 20th century.^{[4] [5]}

The baronetcy of 1620 is claimed by the 7th Baronet of the 1809 creation.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Britfieldstown Townland, Co. Cork . www.townlands.ie.
2. Book: Foster . Joseph . The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire . 1883 . Nichols and Sons . Westminster . 533 .
3. Web site: Roberts, Sir Randal Howland, Dictionary of Irish Biography . www.dib.ie . en.
4. Book: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage . 2000 . Debrett's Peerage . London . 033354577X . B886.
5. Web site: Council . Kent County . Exploring Kent's Past . webapps.kent.gov.uk . en-gb . 25 January 2008.
6. Book: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage . 2000 . Debrett's Peerage . London . 033354577X . B886.