Bateson
Thomas Bateson, from Lancashire, bought land in county Down in the mid 18th century and settled there. In 1818 his grandson, Robert Bateson, was created a baronet. In 1811 Robert married Catherine, youngest daughter of Samuel Dickson of Ballynaguille, county Limerick. At the time of Griffith's Valuation two of their sons, Thomas and Richard, held land in the parishes of Ardagh, Dunmoylan, Rathronan and Shanagolden, barony of Shanid, county Limerick. In the 1870s three Bateson brothers, Sir Thomas of Belvoir Park, Belfast, Colonel Richard of Knightsbridge Barrack, London and Samuel S., of Bolton Street, London, owned 2,927, 1,808 and 1,394 acres respectively in county Limerick. Sir Thomas Bateson also owned 6,348 acres in county Down, 815 acres in county Londonderry and 266 acres in county Antrim. He was a member of Parliament and was created Baron Deramore in 1885. Sir Robert Bateson was among the principal lessors in the parish of Allsaints, barony of Raphoe North, County Donegal, at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s. The Chief Tenants report of the 1870s records the Bateson estate in Donegal as over 5000 acres.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Castruse House | Castruse | Allsaints | Londonderry | Killea | Raphoe North | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C361161
OS Sheet: 47 Discovery map: 7 |
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| Gortinlieve | Gortinlieve | Allsaints | Londonderry | Killea | Raphoe North | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C360189
OS Sheet: 47 Discovery map: 7 |
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| Ballyboe House | Ballyboe | Allsaints | Londonderry | Killea | Raphoe North | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C370159
OS Sheet: 55 Discovery map: 7 |
Archival sources
- Renewal lease of Ballybreny, Co Limerick, Richard Bateson to John S. Upton & others, 1 Aug 1840. Alexander Bell & Sons, solicitor's collection, Small Accs. Index 9. D.851 ; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 146
- HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 25
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.29.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Londonderry Union, p.51 (Ballyboe, Castruse Gortinlieve)