Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet

He was the only son of Thomas Bateson and his wife Elizabeth, youngest daughter of George Lloyd.

[2] On 18 December 1818, he was created a baronet, of Belvoir Park, in the County of Down.

[3] [4] Bateson entered the British House of Commons in 1830, sitting for Londonderry until 1842, when he was succeeded in the constituency by his eldest son Robert.

In 1863, Bateson died aged 81 at his seat Belvoir Park and his son Robert having predeceased him at Jerusalem twenty years before,[8] he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his second son Thomas, later raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Baron Deramore.

[9] Bateson's youngest son George was per a special remainder heir to his brother's barony.