Peter Clement Bartrum (4 December 1907 inHampstead,London,England – 14 August 2008, inHemel Hempstead,Hertfordshire, England[1][2][3]) was a researcher andgenealogist who, from the 1930s onwards, specialised in thegenealogy of theWelshnobility of theMiddle Ages.
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 theBritish Astronomical Association, and had an interest for precision clocks. Bartrum was educated inClifton College,Bristol and won a maths scholarship toThe Queen's College, Oxford in 1926, worth £300 (£22,613.11 in 2023) a year.[4]
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 medievalWales. He learned to read theWelsh 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 ofearly and medieval Welsh history.
Much of his work has been made available online.[5][6][7]
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, inHemel Hempstead.
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