Fitzherbert Batty

1792 - ????

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Son of Philip Batty of Castletown Delvin, Co. Westmeath, and brother of Espine Batty (q.v.). Resident planter in Jamaica.

  1. Matriculated Brasenose 09/11/1809 aged 17, BA 1813, of Lincoln's Inn 12/05/1808.

  2. The daughter of Fitzherbert Batty and Marie Ann Baly [sic] was married (to George Lockhart Smith) 28/06/1848 in Kingston, Jamaica, when Fitzherbert Batty and Marie Ann Baly were witnesses.

  3. Fitzherbert Batty is allegedly the source of the adjective 'batty' to describe harmless eccentricity, he having been certified in 1839. The Shorter Oxford Dictionary, however, puts the first use of 'batty' in this sense as 1922.


Sources

T71/852 St Catherine claim no. 553; T71/856 St Mary claim nos. 382 (Bagnold Spring Estate) and 383 (Richards Pen); T71/855 St Thomas-in-the-Vale claim no. 170 (Hopewell).

  1. Ancestry.com, Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 [database online].

  2. Roman Catholic Church, Kingston, Jamaica Marriages 1839-69 R-S www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com [accessed 18/04/2011].

  3. Webster's, at least according to http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/Websters-Dictionary--Other-Eponymous-Terms-93358.html [accessed 18/04/2011]; Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Vol. 1.


Further Information

Spouse
Marie Ann Baly [sic]
Children
Elizabeth Fitzherbert
Occupation
Planter

Associated Claims (4)

£80 19s 11d
Awardee
£3,965 19s 0d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
£1,547 7s 7d
Awardee
£3,138 14s 0d
Awardee

Associated Estates (6)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1832 [EA] - → Joint owner
1834 [EA] - → Owner
1832 [EA] - → Attorney
1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Trustee and Executor
1832 [EA] - → Joint owner
1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner

Relationships (2)

Brothers
Great-nephew → Great-uncle