His younger brother, Major Edmund Musgrave Barttelot (1859–1888), was an army officer in the Royal Fusiliers who was killed in the Congo, Africa in 1888, while Commander of the rear column of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition.

[4] He was educated at Eton College and subsequently served for some years in the 5th Dragoon Guards, in which he attained the rank of captain, retiring in 1879.

[7][6] He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Barttelot, of Stopham, Sussex on 2 February 1893, after his father died of natural causes on the same day of his second wife's funeral.

[8][9] He was killed in action on 23 July 1900 (aged 45) at Retief's Nek, Orange Free State in South Africa.

[5][7] He was survived by his wife and two sons, among whom were: Barttelot Road, in Horsham, West Sussex, takes its name from the family.