George Bampfylde, 1st Baron Poltimore

Who was George Bampfylde, 1st Baron Poltimore?

George Warwick Bampfylde, 1st Baron Poltimore, known as Sir George Bampfylde, Bt, from 1823 to 1831, was a British peer.

Lord Bampfylde was the son of Sir Charles Bampfylde, 5th Baronet, and his wife Catherine, and was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford. He served as a lieutenant-colonel in the 1st Somerset Regiment of Militia, and succeeded to the baronetcy in 1823 after his father was killed by a former servant. Bampfylde served as vice-lieutenant of Devon and, in 1831, was raised to the peerage as Baron Poltimore, of Poltimore in the County of Devon.

Lord Poltimore married, firstly, Penelope, daughter of the Reverend Ralph Sneyd, in 1809. He married, secondly, Caroline, daughter of General Frederick William Buller, in 1836. He died in December 1858, aged 72, and was succeeded in his titles by his son born of his second marriage, Augustus.