This post is divided into two parts: Part 1 includes the introduction to the family and the descriptions of the houses they built. This part contains the biographical and genealogical details of the owners.
Barton family of The Grove
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(1) William Barton (1723-93) (q.v.).
He inherited part of Boa Island in Lough Erne from an uncle and the adjoining property of Curraghmore from his father. He purchased the Grove estate of some 2,650 Irish acres at Fethard (Co. Tipperary) in 1751 and 1757 for £30,500, and also bought further land in Co. Fermanagh and Co. Leitrim. However, he spent very little time in Ireland and lived chiefly at the Chateau Le Boscq, St. Estephe (France), which he rented from 1749.
He died at Bordeaux, 18 October 1780; his will was proved at Dublin, 2 February 1781. His wife died 27 January 1775.
Barton, William (1723-93). Only child of Thomas Barton (1694-1780) and his wife Margaret, youngest daughter of Robert Delap of Ballyshannon, born 5 August 1723. "A man whose acrimonious character caused numerous disagreements both inside and outside of the family circle". In 1772 he fought a famous duel over a contest to elect the 'Sovereign' of Fethard to Parliament, and was wounded in the thigh. He married, 1 August 1754, Grace (c.1731-1808), eldest daughter of Very Rev. Charles Massy of Doonas (Co. Clare), Dean of Limerick, and had issue:
(1) Thomas Barton (1757-1818) (q.v.);
(2) William Barton (1758-1835) [see below, Barton family of Clonelly];
(3) Lt-Gen. Charles Barton (1760-1819) [see below, Barton family of The Waterfoot];
(4) Grace Barton (1762-1844), born 21 March 1762; married, 1784, John Palliser (1760-1833) of Derryluskan (Co. Tipperary), and had issue three sons and four daughters; died in Dublin, 13 March 1844;
(5) Elizabeth Barton (1764-1852), born 25 July 1764; married, 15 February 1796, Lt-Gen. Sir Augustine Fitzgerald (d. 1834), 1st bt., of Newmarket-on-Fergus (Co. Clare), but had no issue; died in Dublin, 8 May 1852; will proved in Dublin, 1852;
(6) Hugh Massy Barton (1766-1854) [see below, Barton family of Straffan House];
(7) Gen. Sir Robert Barton (1768-1853), born 26 July 1768; army officer, first with the National Guard in France in 1790 and later in the 2nd Life Guards (Ensign, 1794; Lt., 1794; Capt., 1796; Maj., 1803; Lt-Col., 1805; Col. 1813; Maj-Gen., 1819; Lt-Gen. 1837; Gen. 1851); appointed KB and KCH, 1837; married 1st, 8 February 1802 at St Helen, York (Yorks), Mary Ann (1777-1821), daughter and co-heiress of William Paynter, and had issue one son and two daughters; married 2nd, 11 June 1834 at St Mary, Bryanston Sq., London, Marion Colette (1792-1875), daughter of John Addison and widow of Col. John McPherson, and had further issue one daughter; died in London, 17 March 1853;
(8) Dunbar Barton (1769-1848) [see below, Barton family of Rochestown];
(9) Margaret Everina Barton (1772-1820), born 4 November 1772; married, 12 March 1792 at Portpatrick (Wigtowns.), Hugh Massy (1761-1812), 3rd Baron Massy, and had issue four sons and five daughters; died 14 September 1820.
He was bequeathed a life tenancy of Grove but his father bequeathed the freehold to his eldest son.
He died while under house arrest in Bordeaux, 29 October 1793; his will was proved in Dublin in 1794. His widow was buried at St. Lawrence-in-Thanet (Kent), 21 September 1808.
Barton, Thomas (1757-1818). Eldest son of William Barton (1723-93) and his wife Grace, eldest daughter of Very Rev. Charles Massy of Doonas (Co. Clare), Dean of Limerick, born 26 January 1757. Educated at Middle Temple (admitted 1777). A freeman and burgess of Fethard, 1780-95, 1801-09 (Sovereign (ie Mayor), 1787-88, 1791-92, 1801-02, 1811-14); MP for Fethard in the Irish Parliament, 1783-97; Recorder of Fethard, 1801-09; Town Clerk of Fethard, 1801-06; High Sheriff of Co. Tipperary, 1785-86; Captain of the Fethard Cavalry, 1796; Governor of the Hibernian Marine Society, 1775-79. He married, November 1786 at Kilcooley Abbey, Mary (b. c.1760; fl. 1818), daughter of Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby MP of Ashgrove and sister of Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby-Barker of Kilcooley Abbey (Co. Tipperary), and had issue including:
(1) Thomas Barton (b. c.1789), born about 1789; educated at Kilkenny School (admitted 1797), but presumably predeceased his father;
(2) William Barton (1790-1857) (q.v.);
(3) Mary Barton (c.1792-1866), born about 1792; married, 8 September 1834 at Celbridge (Co. Kildare), George FitzGerald (1809-53), only son of Lord Robert Stephen FitzGerald and grandson of Lt-Gen. James Fitzgerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, but had no issue; died 25 January and was buried at Cheltenham (Glos), 30 January 1866;
(4) Lt-Col. Chambré Brabazon (k/a Chum) Barton (c.1794-1834), born about 1794; an officer in 2nd Life Guards (Cornet, 1812; Lt. 1814; Capt. 1818; Maj., 1825; Lt-Col., 1825; retired 1826), who was present at the Battle of Waterloo; died 1834;
(5) Grace Barton (c.1796-1864), born about 1796; married 1st, 1816, as his second wife, Lt-Col. Kingsmill Pennefather (1782-1819), eldest son of Lt-Col. Richard Pennefather MP of New Park, Cashel (Co. Tipperary) and had issue two daughters; married 2nd, before 1832, Maj. Michael Angelo Galliazzi, of the Austrian army, and lived in Florence (Italy); died at Berne (Switzerland), 27 August 1863; administration of her goods granted to her daughter, 8 March 1864 (effects under £3,000);
(6) Catherine Barton (c.1800-43), born about 1800; married, 1821, Edmund Staples (c.1799-1863) of Dunmore (Co. Leix), High Sheriff of Co. Leix in 1842; died 24 December 1843;
(7) Maj. Charles Robert Barton (c.1806-62), born about 1806; an officer in the 14th Light Dragoons (Cornet, 1825; Lt., 1828; Capt. 1833; Maj. 1838; retired 1842); died unmarried in London, 6 February 1862; will proved 12 April 1862 (effects under £5,000).
He inherited the Grove estate from his grandfather in 1780, but lived at Lamberhurst (Kent).
He died at Cheltenham (Glos) in August or September 1818; his will was proved in the PCC, 3 July 1820. His wife was living in 1818; her date of death is unknown.
Barton, William (1790-1857). Eldest son of Thomas Barton (1757-1818) and his wife Mary, daughter of Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby MP of Ashgrove, born 21 June 1790. Educated at Kilkenny School. JP and DL for Co. Tipperary; High Sheriff of Co. Tipperary, 1825; six times 'Sovereign' (ie Mayor) of Fethard between 1816 and 1830. He was a keen foxhunter and kept a private pack of hounds until in 1820 he founded The Grove Hunt, which became known as the Tipperary Foxhounds after he sold the pack in the 1830s. He married, 21 April 1815, Catherine (c.1795-1872), eldest daughter of Samuel Perry of Woodrooff, Clonmel (Co. Tipperary), and had issue:
(1) Thomas Barker Barton (1816-71) (q.v.);
(2) Samuel Henry Barton (1817-91) (q.v.);
(3) Deborah Barton (c.1819-75), born about 1819; married, May 1839, John Wade (1811-89) of St. Canice's Cottage, Kilkenny, high sheriff of city of Kilkenny, 1853, younger son of William Blaney Wade of Clonebraney (Co. Meath), and had issue two sons and one daughter; died 24 March 1875;
(4) William Hugh Barton (1820-96), born 1820; an officer in the 76th Foot (Ensign, 1839; Lt., 1843; retired as Capt., 1851); married, before 1852 on Paxos (Greece), Mary, second daughter of Capt. Robert Blakeney of the Island of Paxos, and had issue five sons and four daughters; died at Youghal (Co. Cork), 14 October 1896; will proved 5 December 1896 (effects £39);
(5) Mary Frances Barton (c.1821-65), born about 1821; married, 14 October 1845 at Fethard, Charles Shaw QC (1817-70), youngest son of Col. Sir Robert Shaw MP, 1st bt., of Bushy Park (Co. Dublin), and had issue four sons and two daughters; died 17 March 1865;
(6) Catherine (k/a Kate) Grace Barton (1823-1902), born 1823; married, 19 June 1852, her brother-in-law, Lt-Col. Sir Robert Shaw (1821-95), 4th bt., of Bushy Park, and had issue one son; died at Pau (France), 15 December 1902; will proved 27 February 1903 (estate £602);
(7) Anne Margaret Barton (c.1825-1915), born about 1825; married, 7 December 1864 at Fethard, as his fourth wife, George Gough (1802-89) of Rathronan (Co. Tipperary) but had no issue; died 22 January 1915; will proved 20 March 1915 (estate £2,703);
(8) Emily Martha Barton (c.1829-1914), born about 1829; lived latterly with her sister at Rathronan; died 28 May 1914; will proved 27 June 1914 (estate £1,399).
He inherited the Grove estate from his father in 1818.
He died 7 February 1857. His widow died 6 April 1872.
Barton, Thomas Barker (1816-71). Eldest son of William Barton (1790-1857) and his wife Catherine, eldest daughter of Samuel Perry of Woodrooff, Clonmel (Co. Tipperary), born 1816. Educated at Harrow. JP for Co. Tipperary and a regular member of the Grand Jury for that county. He was unmarried and without issue.
He inherited the Grove estate from his father in 1857, and at his death it passed to his brother, Samuel. T.B. Barton leased the house to tenants including William Heffernan (fl. 1868).
He was accidentally drowned in a small river on his demesne, 21 February 1871, but curiously no inquest seems to have been held; his will was proved 16 August 1871 (effects under £8,000).
Barton, Samuel Henry (1817-91). Second son of William Barton (1790-1857) and his wife Catherine, eldest daughter of Samuel Perry of Woodrooff, Clonmel (Co. Tipperary), born 26 October 1817. Educated at Harrow, 1831-35, and Trinity College, Dublin (admitted 1836). JP and DL for Co. Tipperary; High Sheriff of Co. Tipperary, 1888-89. He was a member of the Provisional Committee of the Clonmel and Thurles Railway, 1863. He married, 23 December 1862 in St. Luke, Cheltenham (Glos), Mary Elizabeth (1837-1927), only daughter of Maj. Thomas Frobisher of Cheltenham, and had issue:
(1) William Henry Hugh Barton (1871-1931), born 26 February 1871 and baptised in Cheltenham, 1 May 1871; lived in Liverpool but emigrated to New Zealand, 1916; married, 3 March 1893 at Cheltenham, Kathleen (k/a Kate) (c.1869-1955), metal finisher, daughter of Joseph Davenport of Birmingham, book-keeper; died 12 April 1931 and was buried at St John, Trentham, Wellington, New Zealand;(2) Rose Catherine Florence Barton (1872-1947), born 9 August 1872; lived at Leckhampton (Glos); died unmarried, 15 September 1947; will proved January 1948 (estate £9,948);
(3) Charles Robert Barton (1877-1955) (q.v.).
He inherited the Grove estate (5,119 acres in 1878) from his elder brother in 1871. At his death it passed to his widow for life, and then to his second son. He and his wife moved to her family home at 15 Lansdown Place, Cheltenham in about 1890, and Grove was let to Richard Burke MFH until c.1917.
He died in Cheltenham, 27 October 1891 and was buried at Cheltenham Cemetery; his will was proved 6 May 1892 (effects £1,874). His widow died 26 January 1927 and was buried in Cheltenham Cemetery; her will was proved March 1927 (estate £8,172).
Barton, Charles Robert (1877-1955). Second son of Samuel Henry Barton (1817-91) and his wife Mary Elizabeth, only daughter of Maj. Thomas Frobisher of Cheltenham (Glos), born 4 March and baptised at St Mary, Cheltenham, 20 April 1877. Educated privately. He served as a trooper in 3rd Paget's Horse unit of the Imperial Yeomanry and in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers (2nd Lt., 1901; Capt. 1915) in the Boer War and First World War. JP and DL (from 1919) for County Tipperary. He married, 15 October 1904 at Clonmel (Co. Tipperary), Ethel Mary (1876-1935), daughter of Capt. George Edward Cobden of Raheen, Clonmel (Co. Tipperary), but had no issue.
He inherited the Grove estate from his mother in 1927, but was resident from about 1919. At his death it passed to his kinsman, Henry Jeffrey Ponsonby (1930-2018).
He died 8 December 1955; his will was proved in Dublin, 23 May 1956 (estate £37,140). His wife died at Grove, 15 May 1935; her will was proved in Dublin, 14 November 1935 (estate £7,493).
Barton family of Clonelly
Barton, William (1758-1835). Second son of William Barton (1723-93) and his wife Grace, eldest daughter of Very Rev. Charles Massy of Doonas (Co. Clare), Dean of Limerick, born 20 August 1758. An officer in his father's troop of Irish Volunteers; High Sheriff of County Fermanagh, 1787. A Governor of the Fermanagh Infirmary. He is said to have been 'a modest man, of simple tastes' and rather scholarly. He married, 6 July 1796 at St Anne, Dublin, Anne Isabella (1765-1810), daughter of Folliott Warren of Lodge (Co. Kilkenny) and had issue, possibly among others:
(1) William Thomas Barton (1797-1818), born in 1797; educated at Trinity College, Dublin (admitted 1812; BA 1817) and Kings Inns, Dublin (admitted 1816); died 1818;
(2) Folliott Warren Barton (1798-1870) (q.v.);
(3) Thomas Robert Barton (c.1800-27), an officer in the Madras Army (Lt, 1818); died at Bangalore (India), 26 May 1827;
(4) Samuel Dunbar Barton (c.1801-19), an officer in the Madras Army (Cadet 1817); died in camp at Nagpore (India), 12 March 1819;
(5) Hugh Barton (c.1805-28), baptised at St Peter, Dublin, 15 January 1805; educated at Trinity College, Dublin (admitted 1821; BA 1827); died unmarried, 19 January 1828;
(6) Edward George Barton (1806-37), born 10 August 1806; educated at Trinity College, Dublin (admitted 1824; BA 1828; MA 1832), Grays Inn (admitted 1832) and Kings Inns, Dublin (admitted 1831; called 1835); barrister-at-law; died unmarried, 3 February 1837.
He inherited Clonelly from his grandfather in 1780, and built a new house there c.1805.
He died 18 May 1835. His wife died, probably in childbirth, 13 April 1810.
Barton, Folliott Warren (1798-1870). Second son of William Barton (1758-1835) and his wife Anne Isabella, daughter of Folliott Warren of Lodge (Co. Kilkenny), born 15 September 1798. JP and DL for Co. Fermanagh; High Sheriff of Co. Fermanagh, 1834. On 31 October 1845 he was severely injured while riding home from visiting his cousin at The Waterfoot when he was shot by an gunman lying in ambush on his road. A modern analysis of the case shows the motive for the crime to have been resentment of Barton's predatory sexual behaviour by the male relative of one of the mistresses he took from the local population. The combination of the community's desire to shield the perpetrator and the gentry's desire to hush up the scandal meant that attempts to investigate the crime were frustrated, and no one was ever convicted. The investigation was misdirected as the crime was thought to be an anti-landlord atrocity, one of many in the area at the time. He was unmarried but had issue by his mistresses:
(X1) Hugh Barton (1834-1902) (q.v.);
(X2) Thomas Barton (1837-98) (q.v.);
(X3) Edward Barton (1848-85) (q.v.).
He inherited Clonelly from his father in 1835. At his death it passed to his youngest illegitimate son.
He died 28 September 1870 and was buried at Carne (Co. Donegal); his will was proved in Dublin, 20 February 1871 (effects under £10,000).
Barton, Edward (1848-85). Youngest illegitimate son of Folliott Warren Barton (1798-1870) and his mistress, born 17 August 1848. An officer in the 27th Inniskilling Fusiliers (Ensign, 1867; Lt. 1871; Capt. 1878); JP for Co. Fermanagh and (from 1875) Co. Donegal. He was unmarried and without issue.
He inherited Clonelly from his father in 1870.
He died in London, 10 April 1885. His will was proved in Dublin, 6 November 1885 (estate £22,787), after a sensational conspiracy case in which a group of his friends (including a magistrate - who was jailed for six months - and the local rector - who committed suicide) were accused of attempting to defraud the estate of £12,000.
Barton, Hugh (1834-1902). Eldest illegitimate son of Folliott Warren Barton (1798-1870) and his mistress, born 1834. Emigrated to New Zealand by 1871, when he applied for a licence to mine gold, but by 1880 had moved to Colorado (USA). He became an American citizen in 1880, but returned to Ireland on inheriting the Clonelly estate from his younger brother in 1885, and was renaturalised as a British citizen, 12 January 1893. JP for Co. Fermanagh (from 1892); High Sheriff of Co. Fermanagh, 1898-99. He married 1st, before 1857, Rebecca Burnside, and 2nd, 14 June 1883 at Fort Collins, Colorado (USA), Emma Lila Gibson (1845-1901), and had issue:
(1.1) Alice Barton (b. 1857), baptised at Carn RC church (Co. Donegal), 2 June 1857; married, c.1875 (div. by 1880) [forename unknown] McBride.
He inherited Clonelly from his younger brother in 1885.
He died 10 August 1902 and was buried at Carne (Co. Donegal). His first wife died before 1880. His second wife died 26 March 1901.
Barton, Thomas (1837-98). Second illegitimate son of Folliott Warren Barton (1798-1870) and his mistress, born 1837. Emigrated to Australia before his father's death. He married, 11 December 1875 at Toogong, New South Wales (Australia), Anne Irvine (1841-1910) and had issue:
(1) Folliott Warren Barton (1876-1922) (q.v.);
(2) Ann Isabella Barton (1878-1950), born 1878; married, 31 August 1926 at Old Homestead, Lowery, New South Wales, George Hamilton (1877-1968), but had no issue; died 30 November 1950 and was buried at Toogong, New South Wales; administration of goods granted 7 February 1951;
(3) William Hugh Barton (b. & d. 1880), born at Molong, New South Wales, 1880; died in infancy and was buried there, 1880.
He died 1 January 1898 at Clonelly, Murga, New South Wales (Australia) and was buried at Toogong. His widow died at Cudal near Orange, New South Wales, 13 April 1910 and was also buried at Toogong; her will was proved in Armagh, 8 December 1910 (effects £20).
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He inherited Clonelly from his uncle, Hugh Barton, in 1902. At his death it passed to his widow, who was succeeded by her son by her first marriage, Henry George Hart (1894-1964).
He died 27 March 1922 and was buried at Tubrid church, Kesh (Co. Fermanagh); will proved 4 April 1923 (effects £3,347). His widow died 29 November 1944 and was also buried at Tubrid; her will was proved 6 July 1945 (estate £1,696).
Hart, Henry George (1894-1964). Only child of George Hart (d. 1895) of Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) and his wife Margaret Davis, daughter of Charles Fraser, born at Forbes, New South Wales, 1894. Emigrated to England in 1914 and served in the First World War with King Edward's Horse and later Royal Engineers (Lt.), before returning to Australia after his marriage. Following the death of his stepfather in 1927 he finally left Australia and settled at Clonelly. He married, 13 March 1920 at St George the Martyr, Bloomsbury, Westminster (Middx), Margaret Alice (k/a Peggy) (1894-1979), daughter of George William Henry Smith, and had issue:
(1) Alice Margaret (k/a Marjorie) Hart (1924-98), born at Orange, New South Wales; married, 1945 (div.), and had issue one son and one daughter; she and her children took her maiden name after her divorce; died 23 November 1998;
(2) William Folliott Hart (1929-2010), born 18 September 1929; died unmarried at Irvinestown (Co. Fermanagh), 9 September 2010.
He inherited Clonelly on the death of his mother in 1944. He moved out of the house in about 1960 and lived latterly at Kesh (Co. Fermanagh).
He died 8 February 1964. His widow died at Kesh, 29 November 1979, and was buried at Tubrid (Co. Fermanagh), near the site of Clonelly.
Barton family of The Waterfoot
Barton, Lt-Gen. Charles (1760-1819). Third son of William Barton (1723-93) and his wife Grace, eldest daughter of Very Rev. Charles Massy of Doonas (Co. Clare), Dean of Limerick, born 20 April and baptised at St Peter, Dublin, 25 April 1760. An officer in the 2nd Life Guards (Cornet, 1779; Lt., 1781; Maj. & Lt-Col., 1793; Col., 1796; Maj-Gen., 1802; Lt-Gen, 1808). He married, 26 November 1799 at Wimbledon (Surrey), Susannah (c.1775-1847), daughter of Nathaniel Weld Johnston of Bordeaux (France), wine merchant, and had issue:
(1) Lt-Col. Hugh William Barton (1800-70) (q.v.);
(2) Susannah Barton (1801-43), baptised 7 January 1802; married, 2 November 1830 at St Marylebone, Rev. John Sterling (1806-44), an unbeneficed clergyman (briefly curate of Herstmonceux in Sussex in 1834) and poet, and had issue three sons and four daughters (who after being orphaned were placed in the guardianship of their uncle, Anthony Coningham Sterling); died following childbirth, 18 April 1843;
(3) Col. Nathaniel Dunbar Barton (1803-85), born 7 June and baptised at St. Marylebone (Middx), 7 July 1803; an officer in the Bengal Cavalry (cadet, 1822; cornet, 1822; Lt. 1824; Capt. 1837; Maj. 1855; Lt-Col., 1856; on furlough from 1859 and retired as Hon. Col., 1861); married, 28 October 1831 at Karnal (India), Honoria Angeline (d. 1889), second daughter of Lt-Col. Alexander Lawrence; died in Brighton (Sussex), 23 June 1885; will proved 25 July 1885 (estate £4,077);
(4) Thomas Charles Barton (1806-56), born 1 December 1806 and baptised at St Marylebone, 13 January 1807; educated at St Paul's School, London, and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (matriculated 1826; BA 1830; MA 1833), where he was an early member of the Apostles; he was a friend of the historian, John Mitchell Kemble, another Apostle, with whom he travelled in Germany in 1829; he later lived in Bonn (Germany) for many years, where he obviously had business interests, but what they were is unclear, unless he was an agent for his uncle's wine business; died unmarried, 16 February 1856 and was buried at Bonn (Germany); will proved in the PCC, 31 July 1856;
(5) Robert Johnstone Barton (1809-63), born 30 June and baptised at St Marylebone, 1 August 1809; said to have been in the Royal Navy but does not appear in the Navy List and so was presumably not an officer; emigrated to Australia, 1839; grazier at Boree Nyrang Station, Molong, New South Wales (Australia); JP for New South Wales, 1841; married, 30 July 1840 at St James, Sydney (Australia), Emily Maria (1817-1909), poet, eldest daughter of Maj. Edward Darvall, and had issue four sons and four or five daughters; died 4 October 1863, after which his widow sold Boree Nyrang and moved to Sydney;
(6) Anna Eleanor Stewart Barton (1810-45), born 10 December 1810 and baptised at St Marylebone, 15 January 1811; married, 7 October 1837 at Clifton, Bristol (Glos), Rev. Frederick Denison Maurice (1805-72), theologian and author, one of the founders of Christian Socialism, chaplain of Guy's Hospital, London, 1836-50, professor at Kings College, London, 1840-53 (dismissed) and Knightbridge professorship of casuistry, moral theology, and moral philosophy at Cambridge, 1866-72 (who m2, 4 July 1849, Georgina Hare-Naylor), son of Michael Maurice, a Unitarian minister; she and her husband lost a lot of money through an unwise American speculation, but had issue two sons (the elder of whom was Maj-Gen. Sir John Frederick Maurice (1841-1912), kt.); she died at Hastings (Sussex), 26 March 1845;
(7) Albert Evelyn Barton (1812-74), born 10 July and baptised at St Marylebone, 20 August 1812; educated at St. Paul's School, London; died unmarried, at Pettigo, 11 March 1874; will proved at Dublin, 3 June 1874 (effects under £1,500).
He built a new house at The Waterfoot in about 1790.
He died 11 June 1819; his will was proved in the PCC, 28 June 1819. His widow died 4 February 1847; her will was proved in the PCC, 26 March 1847.
Barton, Lt-Col. Hugh William (1800-70). Eldest son of Lt-Gen. Charles Barton (1760-1819) and his wife Susannah, daughter of Nathaniel Weld Johnston of Bordeaux (France), born and privately baptised at Fethard (Co. Tipperary), 13 December 1800. An officer in the 2nd Life Guards (Cornet, 1812; Lt., 1815; Capt., 1822; Maj. & Lt. Col., 1829; retired on half pay, 1829); returned to service with 69th Foot (Maj. & Br. Lt-Col., 1840), but evidently retired again soon afterwards. JP and DL (from 1832) for County Fermanagh; High Sheriff of Co. Fermanagh, 1837-38. He exhibited a sketching compass of his own design at the Great Exhibition of 1851. He married, 9 February 1832 at Kinlough (Co. Leitrim), Mary Caroline (1812-99), eldest daughter of Robert Johnston of Kinlough House and Mountjoy Sq., Dublin, and had issue:
(1) Charles Robert Barton (1832-1918) (q.v.);
(2) Capt. James Barton (1834-1919), born 13 August 1834; an officer in the Royal Artillery (2nd Lt., 1853; Lt., 1854; 2nd Capt., 1860; Capt., 1870; retired 1870); lived latterly at Streatham (Surrey); married, 23 August 1859, Mary Barbara (1841-1929), youngest daughter of Sir David William Barclay, 10th bt., and had issue four sons and four daughters; died 19 March 1919; will proved 6 January 1920 (estate £4,154);
(3) Florence Anna Barton (1836-1923), born September 1836; married Maj-Gen. Richard William Erskine Dawson (1832-90), son of Erskine Dawson, but had no issue; died in Chiswick (Middx), 23 December 1923; will proved 26 February 1924 (estate £262);
(4) Folliott Barton (1838-84), born 23 May 1838; educated at Rugby and then served a pupillage with William Richard Le Fanu, railway engineer; civil engineer (MICEI, 1874); worked on railway projects across Europe and later engaged in baryte mining in Co. Sligo before being bankrupted and emigrating to South Africa; a freemason from 1864; married, 19 March 1873 at Killargue (Co. Leitrim), Florence Maud, sixth daughter of Hugh Lyons-Montgomery MP of Belhavel (Co. Leitrim), and had issue one son and one daughter; died at Kentore, Transvaal (South Africa), 25 April 1884; administration of goods granted 4 August 1886 (effects £461);
(5) Hugh St. George Barton (1839-75), born 19 November 1839; educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst; officer in the 60th Regt. (Ensign, 1857; Lt., 1858; Capt. 1867); died unmarried, 12 June 1875; administration of his goods granted 4 March 1876 (effects under £1,000);
(6) Robert Barton (1841-69), born 3 November 1841; an officer in the Royal Navy (Lt., 1865); died unmarried, suddenly, at The Waterfoot, 3 April 1869; administration of his goods granted to his father, 13 May 1870 (effects under £1,000);
(7) Mary Everina Barton (c.1850-1925), born about 1850; 'a keen and thoughtful political controversialist' and able platform speaker, she was one of the leaders of the North Tyrone Women's Unionist Association and a member of the Ulster Unionist Council, and put her grounds at the disposal of the Ulster Volunteer Force for training purposes; she married, 29 January 1868 at Pettigo (Co. Donegal), James Montgomery Sinclair (1841-99) of Holly Hill, Strabane (Co. Tyrone) and Bonnyglen, Inver (Co. Donegal), eldest son of William Sinclair of Holly Hill, and had issue one son and two daughters (including the Arts & Crafts woodworker and teacher, Everina Sinclair (1870-1966)); died 22 April 1925; will proved 25 February 1931 (effects £25);
(8) Thomas Lloyd Barton (1854-1936), born 2 December 1854; tea and coffee merchant; lived in Hammersmith (Middx); married, 15 April 1890 at Eltham (Kent), Fanny Roberta (1857-1931), second daughter of Lionel Isaacs of Mandeville (Jamaica) and had issue one son and two daughters; died 13 January 1936; will proved 10 February 1936 (estate £2,813);
(9) Lt-Col. Nathaniel Albert Delap Barton (1857-1938), born 29 November 1857; an officer in the Connaught Rangers (2nd Lt, 1878; Lt., 1880; Capt. 1887; Maj., 1897; Lt-Col., 1915), who served in the Boer War and First World War; awarded DSO, 1917; lived at Castletownroche (Co. Cork); married, 6 October 1888 at St James, Piccadilly, Westminster (Middx), Ellen Duffield, daughter of John M. Jordan of the USA, and had issue one son; died at Dinard (France), 26 October 1938; will proved in Dublin, 3 March 1939 (estate in Ireland, £315) and in London, 26 May 1939 (estate in England, £45).
He inherited The Waterfoot from his father in 1819.
He died 4 December 1870; his will was proved 1 March 1870 (effects under £3,000). His widow died 11 March 1899; her will was proved 18 July 1899 (estate £1,456).
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| Charles Robert Barton (1832-1918) |
(1) William Hugh Barton (1874-1945) (q.v.);
(2) Henry Charles Johnston Barton (1876-1964), born 12 October 1876; principal tea buyer for Lyons; lived in Barnes (Surrey); married, 30 April 1910 at St Mary Abbots, Kensington (Middx), Ethel Maude (c.1880-1961), youngest daughter of William Bancroft Espeut of Spring Gardens (Jamaica) and had issue one son and two daughters; died 26 November 1964; will proved 9 February 1965 (estate £37,339);
(3) Mary Jane Florence Barton (1878-1932), born 10 March 1878; married, 27 October 1897, Henry Burnley Rathborne (1866-1943) of Dunsinea (Co. Dublin) and Blen-na-Lung, Legys (Co. Fermanagh), son of John Garrett Rathborne of Dunsinea, and had issue two sons; died 20 February 1932; administration of goods granted to husband, 19 December 1934 (estate £50);
(4) Everina Margaret Barton (1879-1922), born 28 December 1879; married, May 1919, George Lowry of Letter (Co. Fermanagh), farmer, eldest son of John Lowry, but had no issue; died 18 November 1922; administration of goods granted 17 January 1932 (estate £810):
(5) Caroline Angel Charlotte Barton (1881-1953), born 4 April 1881; lived at Lakeside, Letter (Co. Fermanagh); died unmarried, 12 July 1953; will proved 24 March 1954 (estate £2,814);
(6) Henrietta Emily Violet Barton (1882-1968), born 21 April 1882; emigrated with her husband to Canada in 1913; married, 2 October 1902, Frederick William Lambert Sladen (1876-1921), bee breeder, fifth son of Lt-Col. Joseph Sladen of Ripple Court (Kent), and had issue two sons and one daughter; died in Vancouver (Canada), 13 September 1968 and was buried at Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa (Canada);
(7) Rev. Charles Nathaniel Barton (1884-1949), born 5 January 1884; educated at Warwick Sch. and Trinity College, Dublin (matriculated 1905; BA 1909); ordained deacon, 1909 and priest, 1910; missionary in Sudan and northern Nigeria, 1910-23; lived in the 1930s at Whonnock, British Columbia (Canada), but later returned to England; married, 22 March 1917 at Edgware (Middx), Marion Augusta (1890-1978), only daughter of Rev. James Consterdine and had issue two sons; died at Germinstown, Transvaal, (South Africa), 6 July 1949; administration of goods granted to widow, 28 May 1951 (estate £10);
(8) Mildred Penelope Matilda (k/a Penny) Barton (1885-1971), born 25 April 1885; preacher for 'The Church with No Name', who undertook missionary work in Italian-speaking Switzerland, 1913-14; married, 27 August 1918, Simon Christopher Loane (1880-1940), farmer, eldest son of Robert Loane of Dernanesk, Kesh (Co. Fermanagh) and had issue four sons (of whom Bertram Ronald Barton Loane inherited The Waterfoot on the death of his aunt in 1970); died 6 August 1971;
(9) Susannah Cecil Grace Barton (1886-1968), born 24 December 1886; spent her life as a preacher for 'The Church with No Name' in Britain, Ireland and the United States; died unmarried in Cheadle (Staffs), 2 March 1968; will proved 30 April 1968 (estate £1,597);
(10) Bertram James Richardson Barton (1891-1960) of Eden House, Rosbeg (Co. Donegal), born 23 February 1891; educated at Warwick School; served in First World War with Royal Field Artillery (Lt.); member of the State and Executive Council of Johore (Malaya), 1934-40; served in Second World War with Home Guard (Capt.); JP (from 1944) and DL (from 1945) for Co. Fermanagh; High Sheriff of Co. Fermanagh, 1946-47; married, 14 May 1952, Anne Vaughan MSc (c.1918-2016), younger daughter of George Vaughan Hart of Waltersland, Stillorgan (Co. Dublin), and had issue one daughter; died 19 February 1960; will proved in Dublin, Belfast and London, 1961 (estate £21,500).
He inherited The Waterfoot from his father in 1870.
He died 23 November 1918; will proved in Dublin, 14 May 1919 and sealed in London, 12 July 1919 (estate in England, £1,824). His wife died 12 November 1915; administration of her goods was granted to her husband, 29 August 1916 (estate £1,696).
Barton, Lt-Col. William Hugh (1874-1945). Eldest son of Charles Robert Barton (1832-1918) and his wife Henrietta Martha Mervyn, youngest daughter of Henry Mervyn Richardson of Rossfad, Ballinamallard (Co. Fermanagh), born 30 May 1874. An officer in the Scottish Rifles, 1894-1902 and Royal Army Service Corps, 1902-18 (2nd Lt., 1894; Lt., 1896; Capt., 1900; Maj., 1913; Lt-Col., 1915), and was awarded the DSO, 1917. JP and DL (from 1922) for Co. Fermanagh; High Sheriff of Co. Fermanagh, 1924; County Councillor for Co. Fermanagh, 1924-43 (Vice-Chairman). He married, 20 February 1917 at St James, Piccadilly, Westminster (Middx), Ardyn Marion (1887-1970), second daughter of Lt-Col. Henry Tyrwhitt Staniforth Patteson of Beeston Hall, Beeston St. Andrew (Norfk), and had issue:
(1) John Charles Barton (1918-43), born 6 April 1918; educated at Rugby and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; an officer in Royal Artillery (Capt.); awarded French Croix de Guerre twice and made a Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur; died unmarried, of wounds received in action in North Africa, 8 April 1943; will proved 1 September 1943 (estate £65);
(2) Ruth Ardyn Barton (1921-51), born 15 February 1921; married, 24 March 1940, Lt-Col. Henry Arthur Brinsley Cavendish Butler of Silver Hill, Rostrevor (Co. Down), eldest son of Maj. Henry Halpin Cavendish Butler of Innisrath, Lisnaskea (Co. Fermanagh) and Penicuik House (Midlothian), and had issue one son; died (with her son) of injuries received in a train crash at Weedon (Northants), 21 September 1951; administration of goods granted to her husband, 1 April 1951 (estate £2,958).
He inherited The Waterfoot from his father in 1918. At his death it passed to his wife for life and then to Bertram Ronald Barton Loane, his nephew.
He died 1 February 1945; his will was proved 21 August 1945 (estate £3,583). His widow died 6 January 1970; her will was proved 16 June 1970 (estate £246,420).
Barton family of Straffan House
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| Hugh Barton (1766-1854) |
(1) Susan Barton (1793-1803), born 11 March 1793; died young, 22 December 1803;
(2) Hugh Barton (b. 1797), born 7 March 1797; died young;
(3) Anna Barton (1798-1811), born 1798; died young and was buried at St Lawrence in Thanet (Kent), 27 August 1811;
(4) Nathaniel Barton (1799-1867) (q.v.);
(5) Grace Barton (b. & d. c.1800); died in infancy;
(6) Thomas Johnston Barton (1802-64) [for whom see my account of the Bartons of Glendalough House];
(7) Isabella Barton (1804-97), born 29 June and baptised at St Marylebone (Middx), July 1804; lived in Monkstown (Co. Dublin); died unmarried aged 92 on 28 March 1897; will proved in Dublin, 27 April 1897 (estate £50,914);
(8) Capt. Daniel Barton (1806-79), born 21 February 1806; an officer in the 7th Foot (Lt., 1826; Capt., 1833; retired on half-pay, 1839); lived in Argyllshire and later in Edinburgh; married, 30 April 1846 at Hampton (Middx), Margaret (1812-82), daughter of George Bentley Sampson of Hampton, and had issue two sons; died 'of exhaustion, after a long journey from London' in Edinburgh, 5 June 1879; will confirmed, 4 July 1879 (estate £257,835);
(9) Hugh Barton (1807-60), born 21 March 1807; banker and army agent (in partnership with Charles Hopkinson and Henry Knyvett in Regent St., London) until 1843; died unmarried at Brighton (Sussex), 8 November 1860; will proved 1 December 1860 (effects under £60,000);
(10) Susan Elizabeth Barton (1810-86), born 2 May and baptised at St Marylebone, 22 June 1810; married, 9 September 1828 at Battle (Sussex), Eyre Massey (1796-1872), 3rd Baron Clarina, of Elm Place (Limerick), and had issue five sons and two daughters; died 14 November 1886; will proved 3 March 1887 (effects £10,839);
(11) Charlotte Maria Barton (b. 1812), born 8 June and baptised at St Marylebone, 7 July 1812; died in infancy.
He rented Battle Abbey (Sussex) in the early 19th century. He purchased the Straffan estate (Co. Kildare) in 1831, and also other lands in Ireland including Cootehill (Co. Roscommon). The house at Straffan was rebuilt or remodelled in 1832-33. In France he acquired the Château Langoa in 1821, and a portion of the adjacent property of Leoville (now known as Leoville-Barton) in 1826, both in the parish of St. Julien Médoc, near Bordeaux.
He died 25 May 1854 and was buried at Straffan; his will was proved 4 July 1854. His wife died at Straffan House, 3 August 1841.
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| Nathaniel Barton (1799-1867) |
(1) Hugh Lynedoch Barton (1824-99) (q.v.);
(2) Harry Fitzgerald Barton (1826-48), born 21 August 1826; died unmarried at Bordeaux, 17 May 1848; administration granted 19 December 1860 (effects under £3,000);
(3) Mary Esther Isabella Barton (1828-44), born 23 January 1828; died young at Bordeaux, 11 January 1844;
(4) Bertram Francis Barton (1830-1904) (q.v.);
(5) Anna Susan Frederica Barton (1831-1920), born November 1831; lived in London; died unmarried, 2 May 1920; will proved 9 June 1920 (estate £48,661);
(6) Charles Thomas Hugh Barton (1834-71) of Bordeaux (France), born 23 November 1834; educated at Eton; married, 21 June 1859 at Surbiton (Surrey), Clara Sophie, youngest daughter of Frank Cutler RN of Upton Lodge, Brixham (Devon), and had issue two sons; died at Chateau Langoa, 11 September 1871; administration of goods granted 8 February 1872 (effects under £2,,000);
(7) Francis Savile Barton (1836-60), born 23 November 1836; educated at Eton; died unmarried in Rome, 3 January 1860; administration granted 19 December 1860 (effects under £3,000);
(8) Isabella Charlotte Barton (1840-1930), born 4 December 1840; lived in London and later at Torquay (Devon); died unmarried, 3 December 1930; will proved 27 February 1931 (estate £49,156);
(9) Alice Catherine Harriet Barton (1843-67), born at Bordeaux, 28 April 1843; died unmarried in Paris (France), 17 April 1867; administration granted 19 December 1860 (effects under £3,000);.
He lived chiefly in France in the 1820s and 1830s. He inherited the Straffan estate and the family vineyards in St. Julien (France) from his father in 1854.
He died 29 November 1867 and was buried at Straffan; his will was proved 21 December 1867 (effects under £140,000). His wife died at Nice (France), 18 March 1867.
Barton, Hugh Lynedoch (1824-99). Eldest son of Nathaniel Barton (1799-1867) and his wife Mary Susanna, daughter of Harry Harmood Scott, British consul at Bordeaux (France), born 30 August 1824. An officer in 1st Foot and later 6th Inniskilling Fusiliers (Ensign, 1842; Lt., 1845; retired 1852) and later in Kildare Rifles (Maj.; retired 1872). JP and DL (from 1856) for Co. Kildare; High Sheriff of Co. Kildare, 1861-62. President of the Kildare Horticultural Society. He married, 18 April 1855 at Kilkeedy (Co. Clare), his first cousin, the Hon. Anna Emily (1829-1907), elder daughter of Eyre Massey, 3rd Baron Clarina, but had no issue.
He inherited the Straffan estate and the family vineyards in St. Julien (France) from his father in 1867. His widow rented Luttrellstown (Co. Dublin) from 1899 until her death.
He died 23 February 1899; his will was prove in Dublin, 15 April 1899 (estate £84,378). His widow died 26 October 1907; her will was proved 21 December 1907 (estate £33,360).
Barton, Bertram Francis (1830-1904). Third son of Nathaniel Barton (1799-1867) and his wife Mary Susanna, daughter of Harry Harmood Scott, British consul at Bordeaux (France), born at Bordeaux, 19 March 1830. Educated at Eton. Partner in Barton & Guestier, wine merchants of Bordeaux, based in London. An officer in the 6th Surrey Rifle Volunteers (Ensign, 1864; Lt., 1867); JP and DL (from 1899) for Co. Kildare; High Sheriff of Co. Kildare, 1903-04. He married, 27 September 1855 at the British Embassy in Paris, Fannie Annie (c.1834-1907), eldest daughter of Frank Cutler RN of Upton Lodge, Brixham (Devon), and had issue:
(1) Mary Fannie Barton (1856-1935), born 3 August, and baptised at Mortlake (Surrey), 25 September 1856; married, 25 October 1883 at Hersham (Surrey), Thomas Edward Studdy (1855-1924), surveyor and land agent, youngest son of Henry Studdy of Waddeton Court, Brixham (Devon), and had issue two sons and two daughters; died 29 July 1935; will proved 25 September 1935 (estate £2,685);
(2) Bertram Hugh Barton (1858-1927) (q.v.);
(3) Isabel Eleanor Barton (1860-1950), born 2 March and baptised at Long Ditton (Surrey), 8 July 1860; died unmarried, aged 90, on 30 May 1950; will proved 21 July 1950 (estate £18,761);
(4) Harry Scott Barton (1862-1933), of Hewshott House, Liphook (Hants) and later Jesmond Hill, Pangbourne (Berks), born 11 January and baptised at Long Ditton, 8 June 1862; married, 18 June 1893 at St Peter, Cranley Gardens, Kensington (Middx), Mary Augusta (1866-1941), daughter of Leedham White, manufacturer, but had no issue; died 26 August 1933; will proved in London, 9 January 1934 (estate £24,748) and sealed in Vancouver (Canada).
He lived at Hersham Lodge, Walton-on-Thames (Surrey) and later at Burley House, Woolton Hill (Hants) before he inherited the Straffan estate and the family vineyards in St. Julien (France) from his elder brother in 1899. He also maintained a household in the Strand area of London. His widow lived at Bramley (Surrey).
He died in a hotel at Cromer (Norfk), 11 September 1904; his will was proved 1 November 1904 (estate £165,193). His widow died 29 November 1907; her will was proved 20 January 1908 (estate £31,862).
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| Bertram Hugh Barton (1858-1927) |
(1) Frederick Bertram (k/a Derrick) Barton (1900-93) (q.v.);
(2) Hugh Ronald Barton (1902-86) of Chateau Langoa, St. Julien (France), born 29 June and baptised at St John, Paddington (Middx), 28 July 1902; educated at Eton and New College, Oxford; served in Second World War as an officer in Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (2nd Lt., 1940; Capt., 1941; Maj.), attached to the Free French forces, and was awarded the MBE, 1942, the Croix de Guerre, 1944 and the Légion d'honneur, 1951; Chairman of Barton & Guestier, wine shippers of Bordeaux, 1927-84, and inherited Chateau Langoa and the vineyards there and at Léoville-Barton from his father in 1927; married, 29 April 1963, Phyllis Melva (1917-2003), daughter of Percival James Roadknight of Atherstone (Warks) and Deal (Kent), widow of Arthur Lushington Vipan (1914-44) and formerly wife of Thomas Dickson Cassels Cordner (1906-84), but had no issue; died 6 January 1986; will proved in Dublin, October 1986 (estate £168,917) and in London, 4 November 1986 (effects in England, £2,185);
(3) Storeen Lily Barton (1906-76), born 21 June 1906; married, Jul-Sept 1940, Wilfred Sharp (d. 1953), son of Thomas William Sharp of Blythswood South, Newcastle-on-Tyne (Northbld); died at Killiney (Co. Dublin), 8 March 1976; will proved in London, 23 May 1976 (estate £26,109) and in Dublin, 15 November 1976 (estate £49,323).
He lived in Surbiton (Surrey) until he inherited the Straffan estate and the family vineyards in St. Julien (France) from his father in 1904.
He died as the result of a hunting accident, 5 December 1927; his will was proved in Dublin, 22 May 1928 (estate in Ireland, £40, 354) and in London, 19 June 1928 (estate in England, £24,016). His widow died 19 October 1937; her will was proved in London, 2 February 1938 (effects £3,717).
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| Frederick Bertram (Derrick) Barton (1900-93) |
(1) Christopher Bertram Ronald Barton (1927-2013), born 21 November 1927; educated at St. Columba's College and Jesus College, Cambridge (BA), where he rowed in the victorious 1948 Cambridge team in the Boat Race, and also for the UK in the 1948 Olympic Games (silver medal); married 1st, 8 February 1956 (div. 1964), Dorothy Margot, second daughter of Walter Jack Bushell of Fullerton Station, Laggan, New South Wales (Australia) and had issue one daughter; married 2nd, Jul-Sept 1966 in London, Rosemary H. King, and had further issue one daughter; died in Christchurch (New Zealand), 18 August 2013;
(2) Anthony Frederick Barton (b. 1930) (q.v.).
He inherited the Straffan estate of some 1200 acres, half of his father's share in the wine business, and a share in the Chateau Langoa and Léoville estates from his father in 1927, but finding the Straffan estate was haemorrhaging money he sold off some land in 1933, reduced the size of the house in 1937-39 and eventually sold the remainder of the property in 1949. His French interests were divided between his sons at his death.
He died 20 November 1993; his will was proved in November 1994 (estate £289,322). His wife died 19 October 1990; her will was proved in London, 20 March 1991 (estate £22,086).
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| Antony Barton (b. 1930) |
Barton, Anthony Frederick (b. 1930). Younger son of Frederick Bertram (k/a Derrick) Barton (1900-93) and his wife Joan Aileen, second daughter of Maj-Gen. Robert St. Clair Lecky CMG DSO of Ballykealey, Tullow (Co. Carlow), born 6 July 1930. Educated at Stowe and Jesus College, Cambridge. He moved to France in 1951 to work for Barton & Guestier and in 1967 set up his own company (Vins Fins Anthony Barton). He succeeded his uncle Ronald as owner of the family vineyards of Langoa-Barton and Léoville-Barton at St Julien, 1983 and in recognition of his work in improving standards on his estates and as an ambassador for Bordeaux wines around the world, he was Decanter Magazine's Man of the Year, 2007. He married, 14 January 1955, Eva, daughter of Paul Frederik Sarauw of Copenhagen (Denmark), author and translator, and had issue:
(1) Lilian Anna Barton (b. 1956), born 13 February 1956; joined her father in managing Vins Fins Anthony Barton and the vineyards at Langoa and Léoville, 1978, and succeeded him as owner in 2010; married, 1985, Michel Sartorius and had issue one son and one daughter, both now also working in the wine business;
(2) Thomas Barton (1958-90), born in Copenhagen, 5 January 1958; died unmarried in a motor accident in France, 1990.
He inherited Chateau Langoa and the vineyards there and at Léoville-Barton from his uncle in 1984 and restored the house. In 2011 his daughter and grandson also bought Château Mauvesin in Moulis (Médoc).
Now living.
Barton family of Rochestown House
Barton, Dunbar (1769-1848). Sixth son of William Barton (1723-93) and his wife Grace, eldest daughter of Very Rev. Charles Massy of Doonas (Co. Clare), Dean of Limerick, born 7 November 1769. An officer in the army (Cornet, 1789; Lt. 1793; Capt. 1796; retired 1798). High Sheriff of Co. Tipperary, 1810-11. He married, 1798, Elizabeth (1778-1853), daughter of the Rev. Samuel Riall, rector of Killenaule (Co. Tipperary) and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Lawford Miles of Rochestown House (Co. Tipperary), and had issue:
(1) Samuel William Barton (1803-55) (q.v.);
(2) Dunbar Thomas Barton (1806-29), born 1806; educated at Trinity College, Dublin (matriculated 1822); an officer in the army (Ensign, 1825; Lt., 1826); died in Dublin, 20 January 1829;
(3) Augustine Hugh Barton (1815-74) of Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, born 3 August 1815; educated at Trinity College, Dublin (admitted 1830), Kings Inns, Dublin (admitted 1835; called 1845) and Grays Inn (admitted 1842); barrister-at-law; married, 12 October 1853 at St Peter, Dublin, Emily Anne (1827-1907), second daughter of James Martin of Ross (Co. Galway) and widow of James McCalmont of Abbeylands and Breen (Co. Antrim), and had issue two daughters (one of whom was the artist, Rose Barton (1856-1929)); died 23 October 1874; administration of his goods (with will annexed) granted to his widow, 29 January 1875 (effects under £800);
(4) Thomas Henry Barton (1816-78) (q.v.).
He inherited Rochestown House in right of his wife, whose maternal family estate it had been.
He died 19 May 1848. His widow died 16 October 1853.
Barton, Samuel William (1803-55). Eldest son of Dunbar Barton (1769-1848) and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Riall, rector of Killenaule (Co. Tipperary), born 10 April 1803. Educated at Eton, Trinity College, Dublin (admitted 1820; BA 1825; MA 1831) and Grays Inn (admitted 1825; called 1828). Barrister-at-law. JP (by 1827) and DL (from 1835) for Co. Tipperary. He was a Conservative in politics, and stood unsuccessfully for Parliament in the Tipperary constituency in 1838. He was a Guardian of the Poor for Clogheen Union in the 1840s and 1850s, and Vice-President of the Ardfinnan & Newcastle Agricultural Society. He married, 13 July 1831, Emma Maria (1810-89), daughter of the Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson MP of Knocklofty (Co. Tipperary), and had issue:
(1) Elizabeth Mary Barton (1832-96), born April 1832; married, 11 July 1872 at Tunbridge Wells (Kent), Antoni Marcelli Szymanski (1813-94), a Polish army officer and author living in exile in Paris; died in London, 4 January 1896; will proved 31 January 1896 (estate £7,174);
(2) Anna Grace Barton (1833-90), born early in 1833; died unmarried at Pau (France), 10 September 1890;
(3) Lt-Col. Christopher Barton (1834-1913) (q.v.);
(4) Mary Barton (c.1837-65), born about 1837; married, 27 August 1864 at Clogheen (Co. Tipperary), Theodore Cooke, son of John Cooke, but had no issue; died of cholera at Kirkee, Bombay (India), 21 June 1865 and was buried there the following day; administration of goods granted 24 December 1865 (estate under £1,000);
(5) Evelyn Isabella Barton (1839-65), born 30 October 1839; died unmarried of tuberculosis in Paris while travelling to Mentone with her mother, 3 December 1865; will proved 31 January 1866 (effects under £1,500);
(6) Dunbar Henry Barton (1841-87), born 16 October and baptised at Ardfinnan (Co. Tipperary), 19 November 1841; emigrated to Queensland (Australia), where he was proprietor of the St. Lawrence Hotel but was judged to be insolvent, 1879; married, 22 October 1867, Anne Macmillan, and had issue at least two sons (one born before the marriage); died intestate, 6 March 1887 and was buried in Alpha Cemetery, Barcaldine, Queensland (Australia);
(7) Lt-Col. Crosbie Barton (1845-1902), born in Dublin, 29 June 1845; an officer in the army (Ensign, 1863; Lt., 1868; Capt., 1878; Maj. 1881; retired as Lt-Col., 1886, but returned to active service with Imperial Yeomanry in Boer War, 1898-1900); lived in retirement at Dunnington (Warks) and later at Frampton Lodge, Frampton-on-Severn (Glos); married, 12 December 1878 at British Embassy in Paris, Catherine Janette (1849-1929), eldest daughter of Richard Warburton of Garryhinch (Co. Offaly) and widow of Charles Lockhart Hamilton (d. 1874), and had issue three daughters; died 25 August 1902; administration of his goods (with will annexed) granted to his widow, 2 October 1902 (effects £114);
(8) William Archer Barton (b. 1849), born in Dublin, 15 May 1849*; probably died in infancy.
He inherited Rochestown House from his father in 1848. His widow lived after his death at Tunbridge Wells (Kent) and later at Surbiton (Surrey).
He died of heart disease in Dublin, 19 November 1855; his will was proved in 1855. His widow died in Surbiton, 7 March 1889.
* Some sources give the date as 29 May 1847.
Barton, Lt-Col. Christopher (1834-1913). Eldest son of Samuel William Barton (1803-55) and his wife Emma Maria, daughter of the Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson, MP for Cork, born 22 February 1834. An officer in the Tipperary Light Infantry (Capt. by 1855), and later in the 7th Dragoons Guards and 18th Hussars (Cornet, 1856; Lt., 1857; Capt., 1860; Maj. 1867; Lt-Col., 1876; retired 1877). JP for Co. Tipperary. He was a Conservative in politics, and stood unsuccessfully for Parliament in the Tipperary South constituency in 1885. He was unmarried and without issue.
He inherited Rochestown House from his father in 1855, but sold it in about 1866. He lived latterly at the Army & Navy Club in London.
He died in London, 21 July 1913. His will was proved 6 November 1913 (estate £40).
Barton, Thomas Henry (1816-78). Fourth and youngest son of Dunbar Barton (1769-1848) and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Riall, rector of Killenaule (Co. Tipperary), born 29 March 1816. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin (admitted 1830; BA 1838; MA 1847; LLD 1867), King's Inns, Dublin (admitted, 1840; called 1844) and Middle Temple (admitted 1842). Barrister-at-law; Law Lecturer at King's Inns, 1864-67; Dublin Metropolitan Police Magistrate, 1867-78. He was a Conservative in politics and stood unsuccessfully for Parliament in the Clonmel constituency in 1853. He married, 6 January 1853 at 30 Upper Fitzwilliam St., Dublin, the Hon. Charlotte (c.1832-1918), third daughter of John Span Plunket QC, 3rd Baron Plunket, and had issue:
(1) Rt. Hon. Sir Dunbar Plunket Barton (1853-1937), 1st bt. (q.v.);
(2) Augustine Frederick Palliser Barton (1854-1919), born 29 December 1854 and baptised at Kinrossanty (Co. Waterford), 18 March 1855; educated at Trinity College, Dublin (BA 1876) and Middle Temple (called 1901); barrister-at-law; clerk with Civil Service Commission, 1876-91; private secretary to Paymaster General, 1880; Local Government Board auditor for Oxfordshire, 1891-1919; a freemason from 1892; died unmarried, 1 April 1919; will proved 16 June 1919 (estate £3,286);
(3) Sylvia Charlotte Elizabeth Barton (1857-1916), born 1 October 1857; married, 22 September 1881 at Navan (Co. Meath), Arthur George Kennedy Woodgate (1845-1929), civil servant and later HM Inspector of Factories, only son of Arthur Woodgate of Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada), and had issue two sons and three daughters; buried at Putney Vale Cemetery, London, 19 February 1916;
(4) Eleanor Constance Barton (1859-1939), born 5 November 1859; nurse; matron of the Chelsea Infirmary; president of the Poor Law Infirmary Matrons' Association; member of the British Nursing Council; author of Hints to VAD Nurses in Hospitals (1915); awarded Royal Red Cross (First Class), 1916; lived in Danvers St., Chelsea (Middx); died unmarried, 19 February 1939; will proved 16 March 1939 (estate £1,979);
(5) Aubrey David Plunket Barton (1864-1912), born 11 May 1864; educated at Charterhouse; emigrated to America before 1894, where he worked at different times as a ranch manager in Colorado; a manufacturer of regalia in West Virginia, and as manager of the 'news department and museum' at Albuquerque, New Mexico, before settling in Los Angeles; married, 12 November 1901 in Los Angeles, California (USA), Kathryn Virginia Floding (1882-1960) (who m2, 31 December 1913 at Riverside, California, Wallace Ward Barclay (1892-1941)), and had issue one daughter; died in Los Angeles, 9 December 1912;
(6) Violet Grace Louisa Barton (1866-1939), born 7 February 1866; lived with her mother and later at Wimbledon (Surrey); died unmarried, 24 December 1939; will proved 27 January 1940 (estate £1,497);
(7) Ion Plunket Barton (1872-99), born 1 June 1872; an officer in the Royal Navy (Midshipman, 1886; Sub-Lt., 1892; Lt., 1894); died at Hankou (China), now part of Wuhan City, 2 October 1899.
He died at his home in Monkstown (Co. Dublin), 19 April 1878; administration of his goods was granted to his widow, 28 May 1878 (effects under £12,000). His widow died 30 May 1918; her will was proved in Dublin and sealed in England, 13 August 1918 (effects in England, £770).
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| Sir Dunbar Plunket Barton, 1st bt. |
(1) Dunbar Patrick Barton (1901-29), born 18 August 1901; died unmarried in the lifetime of his father, 14 September 1929; administration of his goods granted to his father, 8 October 1929 (estate £2,911).
He lived at 2 Grays Inn Square, London.
He died 11 September 1937, when his baronetcy became extinct; his will was proved 29 November 1937 (estate £3,285). His wife died 12 October 1928; administration of her goods was granted to her husband, 16 March 1929 (estate £332).
Principal sources
Burke's Irish Family Records, 1976, pp. 77-82; A. Rowan, The buildings of Ireland: North-West Ulster, 1979, p. 453; M. Bence-Jones, A guide to Irish country houses, 2nd edn., 1990, pp. 146-47, 266, 282, 302-03; J.B. Cunningham, 'The Investigation into the Attempted Assassination of Folliot Warren Barton near Pettigo, on 31 October 1845', Clogher Record, 1990, pp. 125-45; E.M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, 2002, iii, pp. 144-45; T. Blake, Abandoned mansions of Ireland, 2016, p. 298; J.A.K. Dean, The gate lodges of Leinster: a gazetteer, 2016, p. 203; J.A.K. Dean, The gate lodges of Munster: a gazetteer, 2018, pp. 200-01, 215; A. Tierney, The buildings of Ireland: Central Leinster, 2019, pp. 603-05;
Location of archives
Barton family of Clonelly: deeds, legal and estate papers, 1835-1935 [Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D1028]
Barton family of Grove: deeds and papers, 1667-19th cent. [National Library of Ireland, Barton papers]
No significant archives are known to survive for other branches of the family in Ireland. Barton & Guestier are believed to retain a significant archive of material relating to the firm's activities.
Coat of arms
Argent, a rose gules seeded or and barbed vert, between three boars' heads erased proper.
Can you help?
- I should be most grateful if anyone can provide photographs or portraits of people whose names appear in bold above, and who are not already illustrated.
- Any additions or corrections to the account given above will be gratefully received and incorporated. I am always particularly pleased to hear from members of the family who can supply recent personal information for inclusion.
Revision and acknowledgements
This post was first published 16 July 2020 and updated 13 November 2021, 5 July and 30 December 2023 and 3-4 January 2024. I am grateful to Aidan O'Boyle for the suggestion that Sir Richard Morrison may have designed the remodelling of Grove; to Patricia Barton for information and images, and to Mrs Rosemary Ponsonby of Grove, Harriet Landseer, Steve Breame, and Jan & Steven Hart for their suggestions and information.
The political ambitions of Samuel William Barton are discussed by Charles Brinsley Sheridan in a letter to Thomas Le Fanu on 2 March 1838. He says that he was 'sorry to see Sam Barton up for Tipperary, knowing that he has not the slightest chance of success' and expresses his hope that he has not yet had sufficient time to spend any money his campaign (Le Fanu Papers, Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge). He also says that Samuel Barton's wife Emma is his 'cousin'. Presumably this refers to the family of his father, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the celebrated playwright, but I cannot find any reference to the Bartons in Sheridan's ancestry, although it is pretty well documented. I would be grateful for any potential solutions to this genealogical puzzle.
ReplyDeleteI have had a look for the connection, but it is certainly not obvious. One has to bear in mind that 'cousinage' was a fairly elastic term in the 18th and 19th centuries, and would certainly embrace connections by marriage as well as those of blood.
DeleteBertram Francis Barton (1830-1904) spent a number of years at Hersham Lodge in Surrey (1871 and 1881 Census) and then a further number of years with his new family at Burley Lodge, East Woodhay, in Hampshire (Census 1891), before he inherited Stratton house and moved there.
ReplyDeleteMy family was in service to him at both locations for over 20 years and we are keen to contact anyone who may have archive material (photos or documents) so that we can discover more of the life at Hersham and Burley Lodge for our family History. Thomas Millis , (Butler and Caretaker) brought up his large family at Burley for nearly 20 years.
Any information would be greatly appreciated. Address supplied.
Steve Breame