Augustus Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore
Augustus Frederick George Warwick Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore PC DL (12 April 1837 – 3 May 1908), styled The Honourable Augustus Bampfylde until 1858, of Poltimore House and North Molton in Devon, was a British Liberal politician.Between 1872 and 1874 he served as Treasurer of the Household to Queen Victoria, under William Ewart Gladstone.[3] He was appointed Commanding Officer of the 1st (Exeter and South Devon) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps on 27 September 1865.It was made famous after having been worn by Princess Margaret at her wedding in 1960 in Westminster Abbey, having been purchased for her shortly beforehand.After the Princess's death, it was sold at auction in 2006 at Christie's, by her children, Viscount Linley and Lady Sarah Chatto,[5] for £926,400 ($1,704,576).
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