de Bathe Baronets

The de Bathe baronetcy was created on 7 July 1801 for James de Bathe. It became extinct upon the death of the sixth baronet in 1941

de Bathe Baronets of Knightstown, County Meath (1801)

• Sir James Michael de Bathe, 1st Baronet (died 22 February 1808)
• Sir James Wynne de Bathe, 2nd Baronet (1792–1828); succeeded by his brother
• Sir William Plunkett de Bathe, 3rd Baronet (1793–1870)
• General Sir (Gerald) Henry Percival de Bathe, 4th Baronet (1823–1907), a long-lived baronet who was present at Queen Victoria's Coronation and funeral in an official capacity^[1]. He married 1869 Charlotte Clare (d 21 July 1928), daughter of William Clare, and had at least two sons and four daughters^[2], including
  • Sir Hugo de Bathe, below
  • Mary de Bathe (d. 1890), who married Mervyn Henry Archdale, a relative of the Archdale Baronets^[3], and had issue, including one son and four daughters (the son and a daughter being twins). Their daughter Cicely Archdale (1886 - 11 January 1973) married the 2nd Marquess of Zetland (1876–1971) in 1907^[4], and had issue 1 son and 2 daughters. Another daughter Mary Alice Archdale (d. 1962) (a twin with a brother Timothy) married the 3rd Baron Grimthorpe (1891–1963).^[5]
  • Phyllis de Bathe, who married 1887 the 1st Lord Somerleyton (1857–1935); their descendants including the present 3rd Lord Somerleyton (b. 1928), and the heir of Lord Montagu of Beaulieu (whose maternal grandfather was Hon. John de Bathe Crossley).
  • Olive de Bathe, d. 20 Dec 1939), who married 2 January 1884 married Harry Lawson Webster Levy-Lawson, 1st and last Viscount Burnham (18 December 1862 - 20 July 1933), raised to a Viscountcy 1919. She had issue, 1 daughter.
  • Patrick Wynne de Bathe (29 April 1876 - 22 April 1939); father of the 6th and last Bt. He md 1stly 1904 (div 1920)^[6] Violet Lindsay Wood, daughter of Arthur Nicholas Lindsay Wood^[7] issue 1 son. He md 2ndly 26 July 1921 Marjorie O'Brien, 1 daughter.
    • Sir Christopher Albert de Bathe, 6th Baronet (1905–1941), who succeeded his uncle as baronet in 1940.
    • Bridget de Bathe (b 22 May 1922) who married 1942 Captain Timothy John Gurney, and has issue, including Lucinda Marjorie Gurney, now wife of the 6th Baron Hothfield.^[8]
  • Winifred de Bathe, called "Mouse" de Bathe by her descendant the Marquess of Bath; she married 1stly (div?) Robert Fanning, or William Atmar Fanning, by whom 1 daughter Barbara Fanning, who married five times. Her first husband was the 4th Baron Vivian, whom she married 1903 and divorced 1907 after eloping with another man. Their issue were the 5th Baron Vivian and the novelist Daphne Fielding (1904–1997), who married 1stly the 6th Marquess of Bath, and had issue 4 sons including the present Marquess, and 1 daughter, Caroline, late Duchess of Beaufort. She md 2ndly 5 July 1897 Harry Leslie Blundell McCalmont, (10 May 1861 - 8 December 1902) MP for East Cambridge 1895 to 1902 and a very wealthy man, by whom no issue.^[9]
• Sir Hugo Gerald de Bathe, 5th Baronet (10 August 1871-1940); he married 1stly (1899) as her 2nd husband (div 1897) Lillie Langtry (1853–1929), the famous Late Victorian beauty and actress, and 2ndly 26 November 1931 Deborah Warschowsky, daughter of Samuel Warschowsky, and former wife of Paul Henius.^[10]. Since he had no children, he was succeeded by his nephew:
• Sir Christopher Albert de Bathe, 6th Baronet (1905–1941), a Pilot Officer, RAFVR; he married 1932 Edna Winifred Terrell, and had issue 1 daughter: Charlotte Louise de Bathe (b. 1934), now Mrs Arthur Cyril Bryan since 1967.

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