Sir John Walrond, 1st Baronet

Sir John Walrond Walrond, 1st Baronet (1 March 1818 – 23 April 1889),[2] of Bradfield House, Uffculme in Devon (known as John Walrond Dickinson until 22 April 1845), was a British Conservative Party politician.[3]

Sir John Walrond Walrond, 1st Baronet, portrait by George Frederic Watts post 1874

Arms of Walrond: Argent, three bull's heads cabossed sable armed or.[1] Adopted by the 1st Baronet together with the surname Walrond

Origins

He was born on 1 March 1818 as "John Walrond Dickinson", the son and heir of Benjamin Bowden Dickinson (1793–1851), JP, DL, of Tiverton in Devon, Sheriff of Devon in 1824, the son of John Dickinson (died 1813) (by his wife Harriet Bowden), of Knightshayes Court, near Tiverton, a wealthy merchant in that town.[4]

John's mother was Frances Walrond, eldest daughter and eventual sole heiress of William Henry Walrond (born 1762) of Bradfield (near Tiverton) in Devon, by his wife Mary Alford of Sandford in Devon. The Walronds were an ancient gentry family seated at Bradfield since the reign of King Henry III (1216-1272), inherited by marriage to the heiress of the "de Bradfield" family.[5] At least six years after his marriage and following his wife's inheritance, by royal licence dated 21 April 1845 Benjamin changed his surname to Walrond.[6]

Career

In 1865 he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Tiverton, Devon, a major cloth manufacturing town near Bradfield where his family had much influence, but he stood down at the next election in 1868. He stood for the seat a number of times over the next 12 years – in 1872, 1874 and 1880 – but without success.[7] He was selected High Sheriff of Devon for 1874–75.[3] He was created 1st Baronet "of Bradfield, Devon" on 24 February 1876.[8][3]

Marriage and issue

Painting made by the 1st Baronet in 1876 of the Castello di Maniace near Bronte in Sicily, caput of his mother-in-law's vast Sicilian dukedom, painted 3 years after her death. Royal Collection

On 20 May 1845 Walrond married Frances Caroline Hood, a daughter of Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport (1788-1868), of Cricket St Thomas in Somerset, by his wife Charlotte Nelson, suo jure 3rd Duchess of Bronté (1787-1873), niece and eventual heiress of the great Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (1758-1805), by whom he had five children, two sons and three daughters as follows:

William Hood Walrond, 1st Baron Waleran, 2nd Baronet (1849-1925), eldest son and heir, created Baron Waleran in 1905;
Arthur Melville Walrond (1861-1946);
Katherine Mary Walrond (1846-1934), wife of Charles Arthur Williams Troyte (1842–1896), builder of Huntsham Court in Devon;
Margaret Walrond (1850-1930), wife of Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton of Heanton Satchville, Huish in Devon;
Gertrude Walrond (1853-1920), wife of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 12th Baronet, of Holnicote in Devon, who died without issue.

Illegitimate daughter

(Mary Caroline, illegitimate, by unknown mother.[3])

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References

Burke's Landed Gentry, 1937, p.2353
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)
"Sir John Walrond Walrond, 1st Bt". The Peerage. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
Devon Record Office, Dickinson/Walrond archives: 1926 B/D/T/1/1-2 1771 Devon Record Office, Anstey and Thompson of Exeter [1926 B/CO - 1926 B/WT]
Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.768, pedigree of Walrond
Vivian, p.769
Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)|format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "W" (part 1)

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by George Denman Henry John Temple	Member of Parliament for Tiverton 1865–1868 With: George Denman (1866–1868) Henry John Temple (1865–1866)	Succeeded by George Denman John Heathcoat-Amory
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Bradfield) 1876–1889	Succeeded by William Walrond

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[1] Burke's Landed Gentry, 1937, p.2353

[2] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)

[thepeerage-3] "Sir John Walrond Walrond, 1st Bt". The Peerage. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

[4] Devon Record Office, Dickinson/Walrond archives: 1926 B/D/T/1/1-2 1771 Devon Record Office, Anstey and Thompson of Exeter [1926 B/CO - 1926 B/WT]

[5] Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.768, pedigree of Walrond

[6] Vivian, p.769

[craig1832-7] Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)|format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

[8] Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "W" (part 1)