Background
Lord Bampfylde was the only son and heir of Sir Charles Bampfylde, 5th Baronet (1753-1823) by his wife Catherine Moore, eldest daughter of Admiral Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford.
Lord Bampfylde was the only son and heir of Sir Charles Bampfylde, 5th Baronet (1753-1823) by his wife Catherine Moore, eldest daughter of Admiral Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford.
He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford.
He served as lieutenant-colonel in the 1st Somerset Regiment of Militia, and succeeded to the baronetcy in 1823 after his father was killed by a former servant. Bampfylde served as vice-lieutenant of Devon and in 1831 was raised to the peerage as Baron Poltimore, of Poltimore in the County of Devon.