Sir Walter George Barttelot, 2nd Baronet

Sir Walter Barttelot, 2nd Baronet
Born	11 April 1855 Sidmouth, Devon
Died	23 July 1900
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major
Unit	5th Dragoon Guards 1st Devon Yeomanry Cavalry Royal Sussex Regiment
Battles/wars	Second Boer War

Sir Walter George Barttelot, 2nd Baronet (11 April 1855 – 23 July 1900) was of the Barttelot Baronetcy and son of Sir Walter Barttelot, 1st Baronet. The Barttelots are said to have come into England with William the Conqueror, and to have fixed their residence at a place called "At Ford", in the parish of Stopham Sussex.

Barttelot was born on 11 April 1855, the first son of Sir Walter Barttelot, 1st Baronet and Harriet Musgrave. He was educated at Eton College and subsequently served for some years in the 5th Dragoon Guards, in which he attained the rank of captain, retiring in 1879.

In 1880, he was appointed captain of the 1st Devon Yeomanry Cavalry, and in 1886, captain and honorary major of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment.

He held the office of Justice of the Peace for Sussex, the office of Justice of the Peace for Devon and was County Councillor for the Western Division of Sussex. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Barttelot, of Stopham, Sussex on 2 February 1893, after his father died of natural causes on the same day of his second wife's funeral.

Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in late 1899, Barttelot volunteered for service and in eraly March 1900 was granted the temporary rank of captain in the army while serving with the volunteer company in South Africa. He was killed in action on 23 July 1900 (aged 45) at Retief's Nek, Orange Free State in South Africa.

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