Baron Poltimore

The title of Baron Poltimore was created on September 10, 1831 for Sir George Bampfield, 6th Baronet (1786-1858). His son, Augustus Frederick George Warwick Bampfield, 2nd Baron Poltimore (1837-1908), served as treasurer of the royal court in the first liberal government of William Gladstone (1872-1874).

As of 2010, the title bearer was Mark’s last great-grandson, Mark Copleston Bampfield, 7th Baron Poltimore (born 1957), who succeeded his grandfather in 1978 . He was the director of the Sotheby’s auction house and appeared in Antiques Roadshow as Mark Poltimore, one of the painting experts. In 2013, he starred in the film Trance , where he played the role of auctioneer Francis Lemaitre.

The title of Baronet Bampfield from Poltimore in the county of Devonshire in the Baronet of England was created on July 14, 1641 for Sir John Bampfield (c. 1610-1650), a descendant of the 1st Baron Poltimore. He represented Penrin in the House of Commons of England (1640). His son, Sir Komplston Bampfield, 2nd Baronet (c. 1633–1692), sat in the House of Commons from Tiverton (1659) and Devon (1671–1679, 1685–1689). His grandson, Complston Bampfield, 3rd Baronet (c. 1689-1727), represented Exeter (1710-1713) and Devon (1713-1727) in the House of Commons. His only son, Richard Bampfield, 4th Baronet (1722–1776), also met in Parliament from Exeter (1743–1747) and Devonshire (1747–1776). The son of the latter, Charles Bampfield, the 5th Baronet (1753–1823), met three times in the House of Commons from Exeter (1774–1790, 1796–1801, 1801–1812). On April 7, 1823, a jealous husband shot his pistol, his wife working in Bampfield's house, Lord Poltimore, died 12 days later. He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned George Bampfield, the 6th Baronet (1786-1858), who in 1831 was elevated to the rank of peer .

Another member of the Bampfield family is Thomas Bampfield (c. 1623–1693), brother of the 1st Baronet. He served for some time as speaker of the House of Commons (1659). In addition, John Codrington Bampfield (1754-1796 / 1797), the youngest son of the 4th Baronet, was a poet .

The residence of the founder of the Bampfield family was Poltimor House in the vicinity of Exeter in Devonshire . From the 15th century, the family lived in North Moulton in North Devon. Their townhouse Bampfield House in Exeter , built around 1590 , was destroyed by the Germans in 1942 during World War II . Now the 7th Baron Poltimore and his family live in the vicinity of Hangerford in Berkshire .

• 1641–1650: Sir John Bampfield, 1st Baronet (c. 1610 - April 1650), the third son of the politician John Bampfield of Poltimore (c. 1586 - c. 1657)
• 1650-1692: Sir Copleston Bampfield, 2nd Baronet (ca. 1633 - February 9, 1692), the eldest son of the previous
  • Colonel Hugh Bampfield (c. 1663 - June 16, 1691), the eldest son of the previous
• 1692-1727: Sir Copleston Warwick Bampfield, 3rd Baronet (ca. 1689 - October 7, 1727), the eldest son of the previous
• 1727-1767: Sir Richard Warwick Bampfield, 4th Baronet (November 21, 1722 - July 15, 1767), the only son of the previous
• 1767–1823: Sir Charles Warwick Bampfield, 5th Baronet (January 23, 1753 - April 19, 1823), the second son of the previous
• 1823-1858: Sir George Warwick Bampfield, 6th Baronet (March 23, 1786 - December 19, 1858), the eldest son of the previous one, Baron Poltimore since 1831 .

• 1831-1858: George Warwick Bampfield, 1st Baron Poltimore (March 23, 1786 - December 19, 1858), eldest son of Sir Charles Warwick Bampfield, 5th Baronet
• 1858-1908: Augustus Frederick George Warwick Bampfield, 2nd Baron Poltimore (April 12, 1837 - May 3, 1908), the only son of the previous second marriage
• 1908–1918: Coplston Richard George Warwick Bampfield, 3rd Baron Poltimore (November 29, 1859 - November 2, 1918), the eldest son of the previous
• 1918-1965: George Wentworth Warwick Bampfield, 4th Baron Poltimore (September 23, 1882 - July 13, 1965), the eldest son of the previous
  • The Honorable Coplston John De Gray Warwick Bampfield (March 24, 1914 - October 3, 1936), the only son of the previous
• 1965-1967: Arthur Blackett Warwick Bampfield, 5th Baron Poltimore (November 29, 1883 - June 10, 1967), second son of the 3rd Baron Poltimore
• 1967-1978: Hugh de Burg Warwick Bampfield, 6th Baron Poltimore (March 25, 1888 - March 26, 1978), third (younger) son of the 3rd Baron Poltimore
  • The Honorable Anthony Gerard Hugh Bampfield (January 2, 1920 - January 2, 1969), the eldest son of the previous
• 1978 - Present: Mark Coplston Bampfield, 7th Baron Poltimore (born June 8, 1957), the only son of the previous one, grandson of the 6th Baron Poltimore
  • Title heir: Hon. Henry Anthony Warwick Bampfield (born June 3, 1985), the eldest son of the previous one.

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• thepeerage.com