Peerage Record – 12433

     Nigel Weller is the son of Major James Weller.¹ He married Sophia Rosalind Barttelot, daughter of Colonel Sir Brian Walter de Stopham Barttelot, 5th Bt. and Hon. Mary Angela Fiona Weld Forester, on 4 August 2001 at Petworth, Sussex, England^G.¹

     Major James Weller died before 2001.¹
     He lived at Harare, Zimbabwe^G.¹

     James Torquil Weller was born on 1 July 2003.¹ He is the son of Nigel Weller and Sophia Rosalind Barttelot.¹

     Brigadier Sir Walter de Stopham Barttelot, 4th Bt. was born on 27 October 1904.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Sir Walter Balfour Barttelot, 3rd Bt. and Gladys St. Aubyn Angove.² He married Sara Patricia Ravenscroft, daughter of Lt.-Col. Herbert Valentine Ravenscroft and Helen Maclean, on 7 May 1938.¹ He died on 16 August 1944 at age 39 at Caumont, Normandy, France^G, killed in action.¹
     He was educated in 1917 at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G, Public School.³ He succeeded as the 4th Baronet Barttelot, of Stopham, Sussex [U.K., 1875] on 23 October 1918.¹ He was educated in 1922 at Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England^G.³ He fought in the Second World War, where he was mentioned in despatches.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Coldstream Guards.¹ He gained the rank of Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel.¹ He gained the rank of Acting Brigadier.¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1944.¹ He was commander of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade.¹

     Sara Patricia Ravenscroft was born on 11 September 1914 at Plaza Hotel, Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.A.^G.^2,3 She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Herbert Valentine Ravenscroft and Helen Maclean.^1,4 She married, firstly, Brigadier Sir Walter de Stopham Barttelot, 4th Bt., son of Lt.-Col. Sir Walter Balfour Barttelot, 3rd Bt. and Gladys St. Aubyn Angove, on 7 May 1938.¹ She married, secondly, Commander James Nigel Walter Barttelot, son of Lt.-Cdr. Nigel Kenneth Walter Barttelot and Dorothy Maud Kay, on 28 May 1965.¹ She married Commander James Nigel Walter Barttelot, son of Lt.-Cdr. Nigel Kenneth Walter Barttelot and Dorothy Maud Kay, on 28 May 1965 at Savoy Chapel, London, England^G.⁴ She died on 14 January 1998 at age 83 at Chichester, Sussex, England^G.^5,2 She was buried on 23 January 1998 at St. Mary’s Church, Stopham, Sussex, England^G.^2,3
     Sara Patricia Ravenscroft usually went by her middle name of Patricia.⁵ From 7 May 1938, her married name became Barttelot.¹ She was appointed Officer, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (O.St.J.) in 1965.¹

     Commander James Nigel Walter Barttelot was born on 27 June 1911 at Steyning, Sussex, England^G.^2,3 He was the son of Lt.-Cdr. Nigel Kenneth Walter Barttelot and Dorothy Maud Kay.⁴ He married Rachel Mildred Courage, daughter of Raymond Courage and Mildred Frances J. Fisher, on 3 December 1936 at Edgcote, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England^G.³ He married Sara Patricia Ravenscroft, daughter of Lt.-Col. Herbert Valentine Ravenscroft and Helen Maclean, on 28 May 1965 at Savoy Chapel, London, England^G.³ He married, secondly, Sara Patricia Ravenscroft, daughter of Lt.-Col. Herbert Valentine Ravenscroft and Helen Maclean, on 28 May 1965.¹ He died on 2 January 2002 at age 90 at Framlingham, Suffolk, England^G.³ He was buried on 21 January 2002 at Stopham Church, Fittleworth, Sussex, England^G.^5,6
     He was educated in 1918 at Lockers Park School.³ He was educated at H.M.S. Britannia, England^G.⁷ He was educated in 1924 at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon, England^G.³ He gained the rank of Commander in the Royal Navy.⁴ He fought in the Second World War.⁴ He lived in 1960 at Glebe House, Cheveley, Cambridgeshire, England^G.³ He lived in 1980 at Loe Vean, Feock, Cornwall, England^G.³ He lived in 1990 at Crowpits, Stopham, Sussex, England^G.³

     Lt.-Col. Herbert Valentine Ravenscroft was born in 1868 at London, England^G.^2,3 He was the son of Enoch Ravenscroft and Mary Elizabeth Evans.³ He died in 1952 at Storrington, Sussex, England^G.³
     He lived in 1881 at Wimbledon, Surrey, England^G.^2,3 He lived in 1930 at The Abbey, Storrington, Sussex, England^G.³ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹

     Henrietta Lister-Kaye was the daughter of Sir John Lister-Kaye, 1st Bt. and Lady Amelia Grey.^1,2 She married, firstly, John Ward on 4 February 1836.² She married, secondly, Admiral Russell Eliott, son of Sir William Eliott of Stobs, 6th Bt. and Mary Russell, on 24 February 1852.² She died on 15 October 1878.²
     From 4 February 1836, her married name became Ward. From 24 February 1852, her married name became Eliott.²

     Tanya Marie Nation was born on 30 April 1971 at Paris, France^G.^2,3 She is the daughter of Douglas Percy Codrington Nation and Barbara Anne Brookes.^1,3 She married James Harold Charles Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton, son of James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn and Alexandra Anastasia Phillips, on 7 May 2004 at Wellington Barracks, Guards Chapel, Westminster, London, England^G.¹
     She was educated between 1982 and 1987 at Woldingham School, Surrey, England^G.³ From 7 May 2004, her married name became Hamilton.¹

     Douglas Percy Codrington Nation was born in March 1942 at Rawalpindi, India^G.² He was the son of Douglas Codrington Nation and Christine Marsden.² He married Barbara Anne Brookes, daughter of Alfred Brookes, on 10 April 1970 at New York, U.S.A.^G.² He and Barbara Anne Brookes were divorced in 1989.² He died in 2001.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, with a Bachelor of Arts, in History (B.A.)^1,2 He was a senior managing director of Bearn Stearns International Ltd.¹