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Augustus Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore

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Augustus Frederick George Warwick Bampfylde, 2nd Baron PoltimorePC DL (12 April 1837 – 3 May 1908), styled The Honourable Augustus Bampfylde until 1858, of Poltimore House and North Molton in Devon, was a BritishLiberal politician. Between 1872 and 1874 he served as Treasurer of the Household to Queen Victoria, under William Ewart Gladstone.

The Lord Poltimore
Treasurer of the Household
In office
1 March 1872 – 17 February 1874
Monarch Queen Victoria
Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by The Lord de Tabley
Succeeded by The Lord Monson
Personal details
Born 12 April 1837
Died 3 May 1908 (1908-05-04) (aged 71)
Nationality British
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s)
Florence Brinsley Sheridan
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(m. 1858)​
Parent(s) George Bampfylde, 1st Baron Poltimore
Caroline Buller

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Poltimore House, seat of the Bampfylde family

Bampfylde was the son and heir of George Bampfylde, 1st Baron Poltimore,[citation needed] by his second wife Caroline Buller, daughter of General Frederick William Buller.[citation needed]

Bampfylde succeeded his father in the barony in 1858.[citation needed] He sat on the Liberal benches in the House of Lords and served in the first Liberal administration of William Ewart Gladstone as Treasurer of the Household from 1872[1] to 1874.[2] In 1872 he was sworn of the Privy Council.[3]

He was appointed Commanding Officer of the 1st (Exeter and South Devon) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps on 27 September 1865.[4]

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