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Bampfylde, of Poltimore, co. Devon (E Baronet, 1641)

Creation: let.pat. 14 Jul 1641

Family name: Bampfylde

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Arms:

See Baron Poltimore

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Sir John Bampfylde, 1st Bt.

son and heir ap. of John Bampfylde, of Poltimore, co. Devon (by Elizabeth Drake, dau. of Thomas Drake, of Buckland, co. Devon), 1st surv. son and heir of Sir Amyas Bampfylde, of Poltimore, co. Devon, by his wife Elizabeth Clifton, dau. of Sir John Clifton, of Barrington, co. Somerset

born

c. 1610

mar.

3 May 1637 Gertrude Coplestone (d. 1658), sister and cohrss. of John Coplestone, of Coplestone and Warleigh in Tamerton Foliot, co. Devon, and 4th dau. of Amyas Coplestone, of Coplestone, etc., by his wife Gertrude Chichester, dau. of Sir John Chichester

children

1. Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 2nd Bt.

1. Dorothy Bampfylde (bur.spm. 30 Jan 1679 at Buckland, co. Devon), mar. 6 Feb 1664/5 Sir Francis Drake, 3rd Bt., of Buckland, co. Devon, and had issue

2. Gertrude Bampfylde (d. betw. Nov 1657 and 5 Sep 1676), mar. as his first wife Sir William Morice, 1st Bt., of Werrington, co. Devon, and had issue

3. Elizabeth Bampfylde, mar. Thomas More, of Spargrove, and had issue

4. Frances Bampfylde (dsp. c. 1664), mar. as his first wife Sir John Elwill, 1st Bt., of Exeter, co. Devon

5. Susan Bampfylde, mar. John Giffard, of Brightleigh, co. Devon (d. 1712), 1st son and heir of John Giffard, of Brightleigh, co. Devon, by his wife Joan Wyndham, dau. of Sir John Wyndham, of Orchard Wyndham, co. Somerset, and had issue

died

Apr 1650 (bur. at Poltimore, co. Devon)

created

14 Jul 1641 a Baronet of England, styled "of Poltimore, co. Devon"

suc. by

son

note

admitted to Middle Temple 1630; Member of Parliament for Penrhyn 1640-50

Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 2nd Bt.

born

1638

mar. (1)

Margaret Bulkeley (d. after Nov 1657), dau. of Francis Bulkeley, of Burgate, in Fordingbridge, co. Hampshire

only child

1. Hugh Bampfylde (dvp.), mar. Mary Clifford, dau. of Hugh Clifford, of Boscombe and King's Teignton, and had issue:

1a. Sir Coplestone Warwick Bampfylde, 3rd Bt.

1a. John Bampfylde MP (b. 8 Apr 1690; d. 17 Sep 1750), mar. (1) Elizabeth Basset, dau. of ..... Basset, of Heanton Court, co. Devon, and (2) Margaret Warre, dau. and hrss. of Sir Francis Warre, Bt., of Hestercombe, and had issue by his second wife

mar. (2)

after 21 Oct 1674 Jane Pole (mar. (2) Edward Gibbons, of Whitechapel;, co. Devon; d. betw. 2 Sep and 5 Oct 1710), dau. of Sir Courtenay Pole, 2nd Bt., of Shute, by his wife Urith Shapcote, dau. of Thomas Shapcote

died

9 Feb 1691/2 (bur. at Poltimore, co. Devon)

suc. by

grandson

note

he was an active Royalist in the Civil War, joining in a remonstrance to the "Rump" Parliament and presenting General Monck with a "petition of right" from the County of Devon; Member of Parliament for Tiverton 1659 and for Devon 1671-79 and 1685-87; Sheriff of Devon 1660-61; Col of the Devon Militia

Sir Coplestone Warwick Bampfylde, 3rd Bt.

born

c 1690

mar.

in or bef. 1718 his second cousin Gertrude Copley (widow of Sir Godfrey Copley, 2nd Bt. MP FRS, of Sprotborough, co. York; d. 14 Apr 1736; bur. at Poltimore, co. Devon ), dau. of Sir John Carew, 2nd Bt., of Antony, co. Cornwall, by his third wife Mary Morice, 1st dau. of Sir William Morice, 1st Bt., of Werrington, co. Devon, by his first wife Gertrude Bampfylde, dau. of Sir John Bampfylde, 1st Bt., of Poltimore, co. Devon

children

1. Sir Richard Warwick Bampfylde, 4th Bt.

1. Mary Bampfylde (dsp. before 1762), mar. (1) 1 Jul 1738 her cousin Sir Coventry Carew, 6th Bt., of Antony, co. Cornwall, and (2) before 1750 Francis Buller, of Morval, co. Cornwall (dsp. 1766)

died

7 Oct 1727 (bur. at Poltimore, co. Devon)

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for Exeter 1710-13 and for Devon 1713-27

Sir Richard Warwick Bampfylde, 4th Bt.

bapt.

21 Nov 1722

mar.

8 Aug 1742 Jane Codrington (b. 14 Oct 1720; d. 15 Feb 1789; bur. at Wraxall, co. Somerset), dau. and hrss. of Col John Codrington, of Charlton House in Wraxall, co. Somerset, by his wife Elizabeth gorges, only dau. and hrss. of Samuel Gorges, of Wraxall, co. Somerset

children

1. Sir Charles Warwick Bampfylde, 5th Bt.

2. John Codrington Warwick Bampfylde (d. unm.)

3. Amias Warwick Bampfylde (b. 24 Nov 1757; d. 22 Jan 1834)

4. Rev Richard Warwick Bampfylde, Rector of Poltimore-cum-Huxham and Black Torrington, co. Devon (b. 5 Feb 1759; d. 15 Sep 1834)

1. Gertrude Bampfylde (dsp. 1769), mar. 1768 Oldfield Bowles, of North Aston, co. Oxford

2. Elizabeth Bampfylde (dsp.), mar. 7 Jan 1780 Lt Col John Gordon (b. 1730; dsp. 1782), 2nd son of John Gordon of Ballinteggart by his second wife Grace Knox, sister of Thomas [Knox], 1st Viscount Northland, and dau. of Thomas Knox MP, of Ballycrully, Co. Down, and later of Dungannon, Co. Tyrone

3. Jenny Codrington Bampfylde

4. Charlotte Bampfylde, mar. Abel Moysey MP, and had issue

5. Harriet Bampfylde, mar. 25 Sep 1778 Dr George Daniell, of Exeter, co. Devon, and had issue

6. Mary Frances Bampfylde (d. unm.)

7. Georgina Sophia Bampfylde (d. unm. Aug 1814)

died

15 Jul 1776 (bur. at Poltimore, co. Devon)

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for Exeter 1743-47 and for Devon 1747-76

Sir Charles Warwick Bampfylde, 5th Bt.

born

23 Jan 1753

mar.

9 Feb 1776 Catharine Moore (d. 20 Mar 1832), 1st dau. and cohrss. of Admiral Sir John Moore, 1st Bt. KB, by his wife Penelope Mathew, dau. of Gen William Mathew, Capt General of the Leeward Islands

only child

1. Sir George Warwick Bampfylde, 6th Bt., later 1st Baron Poltimore

died

19 Apr 1823 (bur. at Hardington, co. Somerset)

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for Exeter 1774-90 and 1796-1807; killed by a former servant

Sir George Warwick Bampfylde, 6th Bt. later 1st Baron Poltimore

created

10 Sep 1831 Baron Poltimore, of Poltimore in the County of Devon

The Baronetcy of Bampfylde has been held by the Barons Poltimore since 10 Sep 1831.

Last updated 17 May 2012

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