Bateman Baronets
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There have been two Baronetcies created for members of the Bateman family, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The Batemans had their origins in Norfolk but settled at Hartington
Hartington
Hartington is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District, England, lying on the River Dove close to the Staffordshire border. According to the 2001 census, the parish of Hartington Town Quarter, which also includes Pilsbury, had a population of 345...

, Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...

 in the 16th century.

The Baronetcy, Bateman of How Hall in the County of Norfolk, was created on 31 August 1664 for Thomas Bateman, a London merchant. He was a son of Richard Bateman , a younger son of Richard Bateman of Hartington. He had served as Sheriff
Sheriff
A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....

 of Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...

 and Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire is a local government district of Cambridgeshire, covering the area around Huntingdon. Traditionally it is a county in its own right...

 in 1657 and 1658, and Alderman
Alderman
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 for the London ward of Walbrook
Walbrook
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 from 17 April 1662 until 1664. He had no children, and on his death on the 13 October 1685 the baronetcy became extinct.

The Baronetcy, Bateman of Hartington in the County of Derby, was created on 13 December 1806 for Hugh Bateman. The Batemans of Hartington Hall
Hartington Hall
Hartington Hall is a much altered and extended 17th century manor house at Hartington, Derbyshire which is now a youth hostel.The hall was built by the Bateman family. They were a well established Norfolk family who settled at Hartington in the 16th century...

 were the senior branch of the family to which Sir Thomas Bateman aforementioned had belonged. Sir Hugh, like his predecessor, had no sons, so the baronetcy was created with a special remainder allowing the male heirs of his two daughters to succeed. On 14 February 1815 his elder daughter Catherine Juliana married Edward Scott
Sir Edward Scott, 2nd Baronet
Sir Edward Dolman Scott, 2nd Baronet was an English landowner and a Whig politician.He succeeded to the Baronetcy of Scott of Great Barr and inherited the estate at Great Barr Hall on the death of his father in 1828....

 (later Sir Edward, 2nd Baronet, of Great Barr; see Scott Baronets of Great Barr
Scott Baronets of Great Barr
The Scott Baronetcy, of Great Barr in the County of Stafford, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 April 1806 for Joseph Scott of Great Barr Hall, Member of Parliament for Worcester....

), and on 3 August the same year his younger daughter Amelia Anne married Sir Alexander Hood, 2nd Baronet, of St Audries (see Fuller-Acland-Hood Baronets of St Audries).

On Sir Hugh Bateman's death on 28 January 1824 his title passed to his elder daughter's unborn child, born on 25 February the same year with the name Francis Edward Scott, while Hartington Hall passed to his nephew Richard Thomas Bateman, whose descendants occupied the property until the twentieth century. On 27 December 1851 Sir Francis Scott also succeeded his father in the Scott Baronetcy of Great Barr
Scott Baronets
There have been twelve Baronetcies created for people with the surname Scott, one in the Baronetage of England, two in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and nine in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom....

, as third Baronet. On the death of the fifth Baronet in 1905 the two titles separated. The Scott baronetcy of Great Barr was inherited by Douglas Edward Scott (see Scott Baronets for later history of this title) while the baronetcy of Hartington was inherited by Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 4th Baronet, of St Audries
Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries
Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries PC , known as Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, Bt, until 1911, was a British Conservative Party politician...

, who became the fifth Baronet. He was the grandson of Sir Alexander Hood, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Amelia Anne Bateman. See Fuller-Acland-Hood Baronets for further history of the title.

Baronets, of Hartington Hall (1806)

  • Sir Hugh Bateman, 1st Baronet (1756-1824)
  • Sir Francis Edward Scott, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Francis Scott, 3rd Baronet
    Sir Francis Edward Scott, 3rd Baronet was an English landowner.On birth he succeeded his maternal grandfather Sir Hugh Bateman to the Baronetcy of Bateman of Hartington, Derbyshire to become 2nd Baronet of Hartington.He was the son of Sir Edward Scott, 2nd Baronet of Great Barr Hall, then...

     (1824-1863)
  • Sir Edward William Dolman Scott, 3rd Baronet (1854-1871)
  • Sir Arthur Douglas Bateman Scott, 4th Baronet (1860-1884)
  • Sir Edward Dolman Scott, 5th Baronet (1826-1905)

see Fuller-Acland-Hood Baronets for further succession
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