Baron Politmore

Summary

10th September 1831. George Warwick Bamlfylde 1st Baron Poltimore [aged 45] created.

19th December 1858. Son Augustus Frederick Bampfylde 2nd Baron Poltimore [aged 21] succeeded.

3rd May 1908. Son Coplestone Richard Bampfylde 3rd Baron Poltimore [aged 48] succeeded.

2nd November 1918. Son George Wentworth Warwick Bampfylde 4th Baron Poltimore [aged 36] succeeded.

13th July 1965. Brother Arthur Blackett Warwick Bampfylde 5th Baron Poltimore [aged 82] succeeded.

1967. Brother Hugh de Burgh Warwick Bampfylde 6th Baron Poltimore [aged 79] succeeded.

1978. Grandson Mark Coplestone Bampfylde 7th Baron Poltimore [aged 21] succeeded.

On 10th September 1831 George Warwick Bamlfylde 1st Baron Poltimore [aged 45] was created 1st Baron Politmore.

On 16th March 1836 George Warwick Bamlfylde 1st Baron Poltimore [aged 49] and Caroline Buller Baroness Poltimore [aged 30] were married. She by marriage Baroness Politmore.

On 19th December 1858 George Warwick Bamlfylde 1st Baron Poltimore [aged 72] died. His son Augustus [aged 21] succeeded 2nd Baron Politmore, 7th Baronet Bampfylde of Poltimore in Devon. Florence Sarah Wilhelmine Sheridan Baroness Poltimore by marriage Baroness Politmore.

On 3rd May 1908 Augustus Frederick Bampfylde 2nd Baron Poltimore [aged 71] died. His son Coplestone [aged 48] succeeded 3rd Baron Politmore, 8th Baronet Bampfylde of Poltimore in Devon. Margaret Harriet Beaumont Baroness Poltimore by marriage Baroness Politmore.

On 2nd November 1918 Coplestone Richard Bampfylde 3rd Baron Poltimore [aged 58] died. His son George [aged 36] succeeded 4th Baron Politmore, 9th Baronet Bampfylde of Poltimore in Devon.

On 13th July 1965 George Wentworth Warwick Bampfylde 4th Baron Poltimore [aged 83] died. He was buried at Benwell, Southern Rhodesia, Africa. A memorial stone bench exists in the Bampfylde Memorial Garden created for his son in the churchyard of All Saints' Church, North Molton, next to Court House, his manor house, to which is affixed a tablet inscribed: "In loving memory of George Wentworth Warwick Bampfylde the 4th Baron Poltimore 1882–1965 and his wife Cynthia Rachael 1885–1961 who were laid to rest at Benwell Southern Rhodesia". His brother Arthur [aged 82] succeeded 5th Baron Politmore, 10th Baronet Bampfylde of Poltimore in Devon.

In 1967 Arthur Blackett Warwick Bampfylde 5th Baron Poltimore [aged 84] died. His brother Hugh [aged 79] succeeded 6th Baron Politmore, 11th Baronet Bampfylde of Poltimore in Devon.

In 1978 Hugh de Burgh Warwick Bampfylde 6th Baron Poltimore [aged 90] died. His grandson Mark [aged 21] succeeded 7th Baron Politmore, 12th Baronet Bampfylde of Poltimore in Devon.