Peerage Record – 13492

     Robert Bateman was baptised on 8 September 1561 at Hartington, Derbyshire, England^G.¹ He married, secondly, Elizabeth Westrow, daughter of John Westrow.¹ He died circa December 1644.¹ He was buried on 31 December 1644 at St. Dunstan’s-in-the-East, London, England^G.¹
     He held the office of Alderman of London.¹ He was Chamberlain of London.¹ He lived at Mincing Lane, St. Dunstan’s-in-the-East, London, England^G.¹

     Elizabeth Westrow is the daughter of John Westrow.¹ She married Robert Bateman.¹
     Her married name became Bateman.¹

     John Westrow lived at London, England^G.¹

     Sir William Bateman is the son of Robert Bateman and Elizabeth Westrow.¹
     In 1666 he suffered a great loss in the Fire of London.¹

     Sir Anthony Bateman is the son of Robert Bateman and Elizabeth Westrow.¹
     He held the office of Lord Mayor of London in 1664.¹ In 1666 he suffered a great loss in the Fire of London.¹

     Elizabeth Middleton married Sir Thomas Bateman, 1st and last Bt., son of Robert Bateman and Elizabeth Westrow.¹ She died circa May 1679.¹ She was buried on 19 May 1679 at St. Margaret’s, Lothbury, London, England^G.¹
     Her married name became Bateman.¹

     Diana Margaret Rankin married Richard Geoffrey Bates, son of Sir Geoffrey Voltelin Bates, 5th Bt. and Kitty Lane, in 1971.¹ She died in 1990.¹
     From 1971, her married name became Bates.¹

     Sir James Geoffrey Bates, 7th Bt. was born on 14 March 1985.¹ He is the son of Richard Geoffrey Bates and Diana Margaret Rankin.¹
     He succeeded as the 7th Baronet Bates, of Bellefield, co. Lancaster [U.K., 1880] on 25 March 2007.²

     Margot Zoë Bates was born in 1976.¹ She is the daughter of Richard Geoffrey Bates and Diana Margaret Rankin.¹

     Nichola Sarah Bates was born in 1979.¹ She is the daughter of Richard Geoffrey Bates and Diana Margaret Rankin.¹