Peter Clement Bartrum (4 December 1907 in Hampstead, London, England – 14 August 2008, in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England[1][2][3]) was a researcher and genealogist who, from the 1930s onwards, specialised in the genealogy of the Welsh nobility of the Middle Ages.
Early life edit
Bartrum was born on 4 December 1907 in Hampstead, London, the oldest of 3 children to Clement Osborn Bartrum (1867 – 1939) and Kate Isabel Bartrum (née Shattock; 1879 – 1957). His father Clement, was a prominent member of the British Astronomical Association, and had an interest for precision clocks. Bartrum was educated in Clifton College, Bristol and won a maths scholarship to The Queen's College, Oxford in 1926, worth £300 (£22,613.11 in 2023) a year.[4]
Career edit
He joined the colonial service in 1930, and began his professional career as a meteorologist, until his retirement in 1955. Although an Englishman by birth, he developed a lifelong interest in the history and genealogy of the royal families and nobility of medieval Wales. He learned to read the Welsh language and went on to publish a compendious series of volumes containing the edited texts of medieval Welsh genealogical tracts and his own detailed reconstructions of family lines. His work is now an essential resource for any serious student of early and medieval Welsh history.
Personal life edit
On 19 September 1934, Bartrum married Barbara Ellen Spurling (1910 – 2003)[4] and had a son, Jonathan Spurling Bartrum (b. 1936).[4][8] Bartrum died on 14 August 2008, aged 100, in Hemel Hempstead.
Bibliography edit
- Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts (1966)
- Welsh Genealogies AD 300–1400 (1974)
- Welsh Genealogies AD 1400–1500 (1983)
- A Welsh Classical Dictionary, People in History and Legend up to about A.D. 1000 (1993)
References edit
- ^ "(Peter Bartrum obituary)". The Times. 21 August 2008.[dead link]
- ^ Bartrum, Jonathan (19 October 2008). "Peter Bartrum". The Guardian. Other lives.
- ^ "BARTRUM, PETER CLEMENT (1907 - 2008), scholar of Welsh genealogy | Dictionary of Welsh Biography". biography.wales. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ a b c Bartrum, Peter. "Peter Bartrum Reminiscences" (PDF). Bartrum Club. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ Bartrum, Peter. "Prosiect Bartrum/Bartrum Project". Cadair Open Source Repository. Aberystwyth University.
- ^ Bartrum, Peter. "Casgliad Bartrum / Bartrum Collection". Cadair Open Access Repository. Aberystwyth University. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ Bartrum, Peter. "Rhagair Bartrum/Bartrum Introduction (WG1)". Cadair Open Source Repository. Aberystwyth University. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ MacKeith, Andrew (30 March 2017), Bartrum Family Tree Scan0019, retrieved 16 December 2023