Augustus Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore
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Origins
Bampfylde was the son and heir of George Bampfylde, 1st Baron Poltimore, by his second wife Caroline Buller, daughter of General Frederick William Buller.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Career
Bampfylde succeeded his father in the barony in 1858.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He sat on the Liberal benches in the House of Lords and served in the first Liberal administration of William Ewart Gladstone as Treasurer of the Household from 1872[1] to 1874.[2]
In 1872, he was sworn of the Privy Council.[3] He was appointed Commanding Officer of the 1st (Exeter and South Devon) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps on 27 September 1865.[4]
Marriage and children
In 1858 Lord Poltimore married Florence Sara Wilhelmine Brinsley Sheridan (d. February 1909Script error: No such module "Unsubst".), daughter of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, MP, of Frampton Court. By her he had children including:
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Poltimore Tiara
Florence, Lady Poltimore, had a diamond tiara made for her by Garrards of London in the 1870s, later known as the Poltimore Tiara.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It was sold at auction by the 4th Baron for £5,500. It was made famous after having been worn by Princess Margaret at her wedding in 1960 in Westminster Abbey, having been purchased for her shortly beforehand. After the Princess's death, it was sold at auction in 2006 at Christie's, by her children, Viscount Linley and Lady Sarah Chatto,[5] for £926,400 ($1,704,576). It can be converted into a necklace and brooches.[6]
Death and burial
He died in May 1908, aged 71.
References
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- ↑ Helen Molesworth, Property from the Collection of Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. Christie's Auction House, Jewellery Department, London, 2006, Auction of the Property of HRH Princess Margaret
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