Sir Burton Robert Williams, 6th Baronet Williams of Tregullow in the County of Cornwall^[1]

1889 - 1917  (28 years)

• Name	Burton Robert Williams
  Title	Sir
  Suffix	6th Baronet Williams of Tregullow in the County of Cornwall
  Birth	7 Jul 1889	Pilton, Devon
  Gender	Male
  Name	1 Oct 1913 (24 years)	[Title] Baronet Williams of Tregullow in the County of Cornwall, Tregullow   [1]
  	6th Baronet Williams of Tregullow in the County of Cornwall
  Residence	1 Oct 1913 (24 years)	Ceylon
  	formerly a lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion of the Devon Regiment and at the time of his succession was living on a tea plantation in Ceylon
  service-WWI	1917 (27 years)	[Battles] Battle of Passchendaele
  Death	3 Oct 1917 (28 years)	[Battles] Battle of Passchendaele   [1]
  	brother, Burton Robert, who succeeded to the title as 6th baronet, was formerly a lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion of the Devon Regiment and at the time of his succession was living on a tea plantation in Ceylon. He was killed in action at the Battle of Passchendael on 3 October 1917
  Death	3 Oct 1917	Ypres, Belgium   [1]
  Person ID	I13462	AHP
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Sir William Robert Williams, 3rd Baronet Williams of Tregullow in the County of Cornwall,   b. 21 Feb 1860, Tregullow d. 16 May 1903, Oare House, Lynton, Devon, England (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Matilda Frances Beauchamp/WILLIAMS,   b. 4 October 1859, Moyode Castle, Athenry, Co. Galway, Ireland d. 25 May 1946 (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	13 Jul 1881	Gwennap [Parish Circuit Or Chapel], Gwennap, Cornwall
  Age at Marriage	He : 21 years and 5 months - She : 21 years and 9 months.
  Family ID	F3840	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Name - 6th Baronet Williams of Tregullow in the County of Cornwall - 1 Oct 1913 - [Title] Baronet Williams of Tregullow in the County of Cornwall, Tregullow  service-WWI - 1917 - [Battles] Battle of Passchendaele  Death - brother, Burton Robert, who succeeded to the title as 6th baronet, was formerly a lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion of the Devon Regiment and at the time of his succession was living on a tea plantation in Ceylon. He was killed in action at the Battle of Passchendael on 3 October 1917 - 3 Oct 1917 - [Battles] Battle of Passchendaele   = Link to Google Earth
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• Histories

  Heanton Court, Heanton Punchardon, Devon - 1066-1971 Heanton Court, Manor of Heanton Punchardon, Heanton Punchardon, Barnstaple, Devon Heanton Court: the surviving portion of the house today. Image: Alan Hughes. Some rights reserved.

  
  

• Sources

  [S200] misc internet. On 19 October 1897 when Annie Caroline was thirty years old, she was married, by her brother in law, Rev Charles Rowland de Certo (Cergat) at Crowan, Cornwall, to Edward Harvey Williams 1865-1938, gentleman of Tideford, son of Frederick Martin Williams, baronet, and his wife Mary Christian Law 1839-94. Altogether Frederick and Mary Christian had eleven children, two of whom succeeded to the baronetcy, with Edward as the third son. Dame Mary Christian Williams, who died in Bath on 8 February 1894 left £47,765 to be administered by three of her children: John Charles Williams, Caroline Sydney Arnott, wife of John Alexander Arnott and Rev Leonard Alfred Williams, clerk. Mary Christian was the youngest daughter of Rev Robert Vanburgh Law MA 1799-1884, rector of Christian Malford in Wiltshire, where the couple had married in 1858, and his wife Sidney Dorothea Davidson 1806-82. Rev Robert Law, educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge, was the fourth son of George Henry Law 1761-1845, Bishop of Chester and later Bishop of Bath and Wells, and Robert himself held a number of positions in the Diocese of Bath and Wells, where he was described as ‘A first rate rider to hounds’ Frederick Martin Williams 1830-78 was the 2nd baronet Williams of Tregullow. His father William Williams served as Deputy-Lieutenant of Cornwall, High Sheriff of Cornwall and Deputy-Warden of the Stannaries. He was created Baronet Williams of Tregullow in the County of Cornwall on 4 August 1866. Upon the death of Frederick in 1878 the baronetcy passed to his eldest son William Robert 1860-1903 and due to the untimely death of his sons William Frederick 1886-1905, Frederick William 1888-1913 and Burton Robert 1889-1917, the (7th) baronetcy passed to Frederick’s second son, Frederick Law Williams, a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion Dorset regiment. 5th baronet, Frederick William’s obituary indicates that when he inherited a large fortune, he left his country home and led a Bohemian life in London before moving to an espensively furnished flat in the Montmartre district, Paris. It is believed that he had contracted a drug habit before moving to France and being found unconscious in his lodgings, all attempts to rouse him were unsuccessful and he never regained consciousness due to an excessive dose of ether. His brother, Burton Robert, who succeeded to the title as 6th baronet, was formerly a lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion of the Devon Regiment and at the time of his succession was living on a tea plantation in Ceylon. He was killed in action at the Battle of Passchendael on 3 October 1917. Throughout the early part of their childless marriage, Edward and Annie lived at the eleven roomed Fourburrow House, Scorrier, Gwennap, where Edward was described as being retired from the Sarawak Civil Service (a Malaysian state on Borneo) and later of private means. By the time of his death at Chollacott Nursing Home in Tavistock on 4 November 1938, the couple were living at Bridge House, Lydford. He left £4,601 to his widow, Annie. Annie Caroline Williams continued to live at Holmeleigh with the Newman sisters, until her death on 10 February 1943, aged 76, leaving an estate of £22,632 to be administered by Barclays Bank. What an interesting family memoir she could have written! extracts Molesworth; Clowance; St Aubyn: Brentor: 1850-September 1939 https://www.brentorpc.org.uk/?page_id=7882