Frederick Bartholomew Joseph Stapleton-Bretherton 1873-1938
Frederick was born on 5th February 1873 in Marylebone, London to Frederick Annesley and the Hon. Isabella Stapleton-Bretherton of The Hall, Rainhill. He was the eldest of 13 children. The family lived at Heathfield House, Fareham, Hampshire.
In 1894 he married Bertha Mary Phillippa Stourton and they had three children:
Ruth Mary Elizabeth Stapleton-Bretherton (1897-1956)
Osmund Frederick Stapleton-Bretherton (1898-1918), a Lieutenant in 9th Lancers and killed in action in WW1
Mary Henrietta Stapleton-Bretherton (1906-1995)
Education and Military Service
1888-1892 Beaumont College
1892 Stonyhurst College
Aug 1892 joined the Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry Cavalry (The Hussars)
1899-1901 served in South Africa (Boer war) – awarded Queen’s S.A. medal with clasps
1906 promoted to Major and in 1911 to Brigade Major of the South-Eastern Mounted Brigade
1914-1918 served in France during WW1 (cavalry) – mentioned in despatches 3 times
1918 General Staff Officer 3 - Southern Command Home Forces
After WW1 served as D.A.A.G. to Lord Rawlinson (Lt. General) in North Russia
Below is a small (3 inch) portrait of Major Frederick Bartholomew
Stapleton-Bretherton in military uniform.
In 1894 he married Bertha Mary Phillippa Stourton and they had three children:
Ruth Mary Elizabeth Stapleton-Bretherton (1897-1956)
Osmund Frederick Stapleton-Bretherton (1898-1918), a Lieutenant in 9th Lancers and killed in action in WW1
Mary Henrietta Stapleton-Bretherton (1906-1995)
Education and Military Service
1888-1892 Beaumont College
1892 Stonyhurst College
Aug 1892 joined the Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry Cavalry (The Hussars)
1899-1901 served in South Africa (Boer war) – awarded Queen’s S.A. medal with clasps
1906 promoted to Major and in 1911 to Brigade Major of the South-Eastern Mounted Brigade
1914-1918 served in France during WW1 (cavalry) – mentioned in despatches 3 times
1918 General Staff Officer 3 - Southern Command Home Forces
After WW1 served as D.A.A.G. to Lord Rawlinson (Lt. General) in North Russia
Below is a small (3 inch) portrait of Major Frederick Bartholomew
Stapleton-Bretherton in military uniform.
Post War
In 1919 he inherited Rainhill Hall and Estate after the death of his father but lived
at Attington House, Tetsworth Oxfordshire where he died on 13th Oct 1938 aged 65.
Frederick is buried at St Bartholomew’s Church, Rainhill