See also

Family of General Sir Robert Johnstone Barton KCH and Maria PAYNTER

Husband: General Sir Robert Johnstone Barton KCH

  • Name:

  • General Sir Robert Johnstone Barton KCH1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Name Prefix:

  • General Sir

  • Name Suffix:

  • K.C.H.

  • Father:

  • William BARTON (1723-1793)

  • Mother:

  • Grace MASSY (1719-1780)

  • Birth:

  • 31 Jul 1768

  • Grove Estate, Fethard, Co Tipperary Ireland1

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • General

  • Title:

  •  

  • Gen

  • Death:

  • 17 Mar 1853 (age 84)

  • Marylebone, London, England1

Wife: Maria PAYNTER

  • Name:

  • Maria PAYNTER1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1779

  •  

Child 1: Maria BARTON

  • Name:

  • Maria BARTON1

  • Sex:

  • Female

Child 2: Grace BARTON

Child 3: Hugh BARTON

  • Name:

  • Hugh BARTON1

  • Sex:

  • Male

Note on Husband: General Sir Robert Johnstone Barton KCH (1)

Robert Barton, son of William Barton and Grace Massy, born 1770, obtained a commission in the 11th light dragoons around 1795, and became Lt Cl 2nd life guards in 1805. He was promoted to general’s rank in 1819, and was knighted in 1837. Robert married twice. He married first Maria

Painter and they had 3 children, Maria, Grace and Hugh. He married second Colette McPherson neé Addison and they had a daughter, Alexandrina, who in 1863 married Sir Henry Josias Durrant. Robert Barton died in London on 17 March, St Patrick’s day, 1853, aged 83 years. (8)

Grace Barton, second child of Robert and Maria Barton, born circa 1807, became the second wife1

Note on Husband: General Sir Robert Johnstone Barton KCH (2)

Lt.-Gen. Sir Robert Barton gained the rank of Lieutenant-General in the service of the Army.1 He was invested as a Knight Commander, Hanoverian Order (K.C.H.). 1837

Sources

1.

Tony Addison, An Irish Barton Family. John McMahon.