Roberts baronets of Glassenbury and Britfieldstown (1809)

The Roberts baronetcy, of Britfieldstown (a townland, Baile an Bhritbhíligh[1]) in the County of Cork and of the City of Cork, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 20 September 1809 for Thomas Roberts, son of Randal Roberts of Britfieldstown.[2]

Escutcheon of the Roberts baronets of Glassenbury and Britfieldstown

Roberts baronets, of Glassenbury and Britfieldstown (1809)
  • Sir Thomas Roberts, 1st Baronet (1738–1814)[2]
  • Sir Walter Roberts, 2nd Baronet (1770–1828)[2]
  • Sir Thomas Howland Roberts, 3rd Baronet (1804–1864)[2]
  • Sir Randal Howland Roberts, 4th Baronet (1837–1899), army officer and author[3][4]
  • Sir Howland Roberts, 5th Baronet (1845–1917)[5]
  • Sir Thomas Langdon Howland Roberts, 6th Baronet (1898–1979)[6]
  • Sir Gilbert Howland Rookehurst Roberts, 7th Baronet (born 1934)[7]

The heir apparent is the present holder's only son Howland Langdon Roberts (born 1961).[7]

Claim to 1620 title

Holders have asserted claims to the Glassenbury title, of the Roberts baronetcy of 1620.[5][6]

Jane Roberts, only daughter of the 6th Baronet of the 1620 creation, married George Beauclerk, 3rd Duke of St Albans. She died in 1775 and left Glassenbury House, a medieval mansion in Kent, to the Roberts family of Britfieldstown, in the belief that they were descendants of Thomas, second son of the 2nd Baronet of the 1620 creation. They were absentee owners, until Thomas Walton Roberts (died 1882), second son of the 1st Baronet, began to maintain the house and estate. In 1882 those passed to his nephew John Roberts Atkin, and they remained in the family into the 20th century.[8][9]

The baronetcy of 1620 is still claimed by the 7th Baronet of the 1809 creation. This claim has not been established at the Herald's College.[8]

Notes
  1. "Britfieldstown Townland, Co. Cork". www.townlands.ie.
  2. Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. p. 533.
  3. "Roberts, Sir Randal Howland". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. "Roberts, Sir Randal Howland, Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie.
  5. "Roberts, Col Sir Howland". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. "Roberts, Col Sir Thomas Langdon Howland". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. "Roberts, Sir Gilbert (Howland Rookehurst)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. London: Debrett's Peerage. 2000. pp. B886. ISBN 033354577X.
  9. Council, Kent County (25 January 2008). "Exploring Kent's Past". webapps.kent.gov.uk.
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