Robert Wynter Blathwayt
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Frances Elizabeth Philips
Robert Wynter Blathwayt | |
|---|---|
_-_Robert_Wynter_Blathwayt_(1850–1936)_-_453792_-_National_Trust.jpg) Portrait of Blathwayt by Francis Edward Crisp, 1911 | |
| Born | 7 July 1850 |
| Died | 2 November 1936 (aged 86) South Gloucestershire, England |
| Spouse |
Margaret Ermentrude Chandos-Pole-Gell
(m. 1879; died 1927) |
| Parent(s) | Wynter Thomas Blathwayt Frances Elizabeth Philips |
Robert Wynter Blathwayt JP (7 July 1850 – 2 November 1936) was an English landowner.
Robert Blathwayt was born on 7 July 1850 at Heybridge, the former home of his mother in Lower Tean, Staffordshire.[1] He was the son of the Rev. Wynter Thomas Blathwayt (1825–1909), rector of Dyrham, and Frances Elizabeth "Fanny" (née Philips) Blathwayt (1830–1869). He had two brothers, George William Wynter Blathwayt[2] and the Rev. Wynter Edward Blathwayt. After his mother's death from tuberculosis in 1869, his father married Mary Sarah Oates in 1876.[3]
His paternal grandparents were Col. George William Blathwayt and Marianne (née Vesey) Blathwayt. His maternal grandparents were Robert Philips (son of John Burton Philips of The Heath House, of J. & N. Philips textiles)[1] and Laetitia (née Hibbert) Philips.[3]
Career
In 1909, he inherited the family seat, Dyrham Park, following the death of his father.[4]
A lord of the manor of Dyrham, Langridge and Porlock, he also served as justice of the peace.[5]
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