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Frederick Bartholomew Joseph Stapleton-Bretherton  1873-1938

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Heathfield House, Fareham, Hampshire
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.
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Courtesy of a descendant of the Stapleton-Bretherton family.

​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
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The Family Crypt
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