Wednesday 19 July 2023

1st Baron Deramore

THE BATESONS OWNED
6,400 ACRES OF LAND IN COUNTY DOWN
7,762 IN COUNTY LONDONDERRY, 2,927 IN COUNTY LIMERICK,
AND 284 ACRES OF LAND IN COUNTY ANTRIM

THOMAS BATESON, who resided upon his family estates in Catterall, Lancashire, died in 1629, and left, with a younger son and daughter, Gilbert and Margaret, a son and heir,

ROBERT BATESON, who died in 1663, and was succeeded by his only son,

ROBERT BATESON, who had two sons,
THOMAS, of whom presently;
Richard, ancestor of the BATESON-HARVEY BARONETS.
The elder son,

THOMAS BATESON (1704-91) succeeded his father in the Lancashire estates, but disposing of them soon afterwards removed to Ulster and settled at ORANGEFIELD, Knockbreda, County Down.

The family of Thomas Bateson, Photo Credit: Ulster Museum

Mr Bateson also purchased the Salters’ Estate, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, and Moira Demesne.
Thomas Bateson was a partner in the firm Mussenden, Bateson and Company, wine merchants, in Winecellar Court, Belfast, with trading links to the West Indies.

His firm imported wine and rum. Benn (1880) also notes that, in 1752, Bateson was one of three founding partners of Belfast’s first bank, Mussenden, Adair and Bateson. Like many successful merchants, he invested in land, acquiring property at Magherafelt and Moira.

Bateson acquired a leasehold interest in Orangefield, in the parish of Knockbreda, for the term of twenty-one years, where he lived.
He wedded, in 1747, Margaret, daughter and co-heiress of of Mr White, of WHITE HALL, County Antrim, and widow of William Hartley, of Dublin, and had issue,
THOMAS, his heir;
Richard, died unmarried;
William, died unmarried;
Jane, m in 1782, J Dunne, KC;
Frances, m in 1805, Hans Mark Hamill, of Co Down.
Mr Bateson was succeeded by his eldest son, 

THOMAS BATESON (1752-1811), who married Elizabeth, youngest daughter of  George Lloyd FRS, of Hulme Hall, Lancashire, by Susannah, sister of Sir William Horton Bt, of Chadderton, Lancashire, and had an only son,

ROBERT BATESON (1782-1863), of BELVOIR PARK and Moira Park, both in County Down, who succeeded to the family estates at the demise of his father, 1811.

Mr Bateson was created a baronet in 1818, designated of Belvoir Park, County Down.

He married, in 1811, Catherine, youngest daughter of Samuel Dickinson, of Ballynaguile, County Limerick, and had issue,
ROBERT, MP (1816-43);
THOMAS, his successor;
Samuel;
George;
Stephen;
Richard;
John;
Maria Catherine; Elizabeth Honoria.
Sir Robert was succeeded by his second son,

SIR THOMAS BATESON, 2nd Baronet (1819-90), DL, MP for Londonderry, 1844, who married, in 1849, Caroline Elizabeth Anne, second daughter and co-heiress of George, 4th Baron Dynevor, and had issue,
Eva Frances Caroline, m D A KER, OF MONTALTO;
Kathleen Mary, m W A Farquhar.
Sir Thomas was elevated to the peerage, in 1885, in the dignity of BARON DERAMORE, of Belvoir, County Down.

He died without male issue, when the titles devolved upon his surviving brother,

GEORGE WILLIAM, 2nd Baron (1823-93), who married Mary Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of George John de Yarburgh, of Heslington Hall, Yorkshire.

In 1892, his lordship assumed the surname of BATESON after, instead of before, that of DE YARBURGH.

By his wife he had issue,
ROBERT WILFRED, his successor;
GEORGE NICHOLAS, succeeded his brother as 4th Baron;
Eustace;
Mary; Katherine Hylda.
His lordship was succeeded by his eldest son,

ROBERT WILFRID, 3rd Baron (1865-1936), Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, 1924-36, who espoused firstly, in 1897, Caroline Lucy, eldest daughter of Henry William Fife, of Lee Hall, Northumberland, by whom he had an only child,
Moira Faith Lilian.
He married secondly, in 1907, Blanche Violet, eldest daughter of Colonel Philip Saltmarshe, of Daresbury House, Yorkshire.

His lordship died without male issue, when the family honours devolved upon his brother,

GEORGE NICHOLAS, 4th Baron (1870-1943), who wedded, in 1900, Muriel Katherine, third daughter and co-heiress of Arthur Duncombe, MP, and had issue,
STEPHEN NICHOLAS, his successor;
Richard Arthur;
Judith Katherine.
His lordship was succeeded by his elder son,

STEPHEN NICHOLAS, 5th Baron (1903-64), who wedded, in 1929, Nina Marion, eldest daughter of Alistair Macpherson-Grant, by whom he had an only child,
Jane Faith.
The 5th Baron died without male issue, and was succeeded by his brother,

RICHARD ARTHUR, 6th Baron (1911-2006), who espoused, in 1948, Janet Mary, daughter of Dr John Ware, by whom he had an only child,

THE HON ANNE KATHERINE DE YARBURGH-BATESON, who married, in 1982, Jonathan Henry Maconchy Peel, of Buckinghamshire, and has issue.

The Barony and Baronetcy both expired following the death of the 6th Baron in 2006.

I have written about BELVOIR HOUSE and MOIRA CASTLE elsewhere on this blog.

First published in September, 2010.

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