BARTON, Anthony Frederick 1930-2022
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Richard R
Feb 16, 2022, 6:13:56 AM2/16/22
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Obit from the Times of 16 Feb 2022:
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Anthony Barton obituary
Dapper and uncompromising Anglo-Irish winemaker whose estates are the oldest in Bordeaux still owned by the same family
...His family links to Bordeaux stretched back 300 years, when “French Tom” Barton from Co Fermanagh arrived in the region and became a prominent négotiant, that is, negotiator of wine deals. His grandson Hugh fled the French Revolution but returned to purchase Château Langoa Barton in 1822, along with the more prestigious Château Léoville Barton in 1826. Both estates are the oldest Bordeaux-classified growths to still be owned by the same family. Anthony Frederick Barton was born in 1930 at Straffan House in Co Kildare, which was built in 1832 by Hugh Barton. Growing up in Ireland, Barton rarely encountered wine, as his parents preferred beer and whisky. After Stowe School in Buckinghamshire, he studied modern languages at Jesus College, Cambridge, for two years before being asked to leave for not showing “sufficient academic disposition”. His elder brother Chris was the heir to Straffan, but when their father sold it in 1949 most of the money went to pay off debts, and Anthony moved permanently to Bordeaux...
...However, he hated life in the region until he met Eva Sarauw, who was a Danish nanny. He married her in 1955...
...the 1989 Léoville-Barton vintage, which, much to Barton’s pride, was the wine served in 2002 for the Queen’s Golden Jubilee celebrations at the Guildhall. His wine was also served at the 100th birthday party for the Queen Mother...
...he arranged for the transfer of his estates to his daughter Lilian some years ago, his son Tom having died in a road accident. In 2011 she and her husband, Michel Sartorius, purchased Château Mauvesin Barton, in the adjoining Bordeaux region of Moulis-en-Médoc. Their two children, Mélanie and Damien, are involved in running the Barton estates, making them the tenth generation of Barton descendants to be involved in the Bordeaux wine trade.
Anthony Barton, Bordeaux winemaker, was born on July 7, 1930. He died on January 18, 2022, aged 91
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/anthony-barton-obituary-jf7zrcslz
He was s of [Hon] Capt Frederick Bertram (Derick) BARTON 1900-93 scion of that Irish gentry family of cos Donegal, Fermanagh, Kildare & Tipperary and Joan Aileen LECKY scion of that Irish gentry family of Ballykealey. He m 1955 Eva d of Paul SARAUW of Copenhagen, Denmark, and had a son and a dau as above.
E X T R A C T
Anthony Barton obituary
Dapper and uncompromising Anglo-Irish winemaker whose estates are the oldest in Bordeaux still owned by the same family
...His family links to Bordeaux stretched back 300 years, when “French Tom” Barton from Co Fermanagh arrived in the region and became a prominent négotiant, that is, negotiator of wine deals. His grandson Hugh fled the French Revolution but returned to purchase Château Langoa Barton in 1822, along with the more prestigious Château Léoville Barton in 1826. Both estates are the oldest Bordeaux-classified growths to still be owned by the same family. Anthony Frederick Barton was born in 1930 at Straffan House in Co Kildare, which was built in 1832 by Hugh Barton. Growing up in Ireland, Barton rarely encountered wine, as his parents preferred beer and whisky. After Stowe School in Buckinghamshire, he studied modern languages at Jesus College, Cambridge, for two years before being asked to leave for not showing “sufficient academic disposition”. His elder brother Chris was the heir to Straffan, but when their father sold it in 1949 most of the money went to pay off debts, and Anthony moved permanently to Bordeaux...
...However, he hated life in the region until he met Eva Sarauw, who was a Danish nanny. He married her in 1955...
...the 1989 Léoville-Barton vintage, which, much to Barton’s pride, was the wine served in 2002 for the Queen’s Golden Jubilee celebrations at the Guildhall. His wine was also served at the 100th birthday party for the Queen Mother...
...he arranged for the transfer of his estates to his daughter Lilian some years ago, his son Tom having died in a road accident. In 2011 she and her husband, Michel Sartorius, purchased Château Mauvesin Barton, in the adjoining Bordeaux region of Moulis-en-Médoc. Their two children, Mélanie and Damien, are involved in running the Barton estates, making them the tenth generation of Barton descendants to be involved in the Bordeaux wine trade.
Anthony Barton, Bordeaux winemaker, was born on July 7, 1930. He died on January 18, 2022, aged 91
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/anthony-barton-obituary-jf7zrcslz
He was s of [Hon] Capt Frederick Bertram (Derick) BARTON 1900-93 scion of that Irish gentry family of cos Donegal, Fermanagh, Kildare & Tipperary and Joan Aileen LECKY scion of that Irish gentry family of Ballykealey. He m 1955 Eva d of Paul SARAUW of Copenhagen, Denmark, and had a son and a dau as above.
Richard R
Feb 22, 2022, 4:01:29 AM2/22/22
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From the Telegraph of 22 Feb 2022: BARTON Anthony Frederick, aged 91, passed away peacefully at home. He will be sadly missed by Eva Barton, Lilian and Michel Barton-Sartorius, Melanie and Gregory Citerneschi-Sartorius and Damien Barton-Sartorius. There will be a memorial service later in the year.
Netty Leistra
Feb 27, 2022, 11:24:42 AM2/27/22
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La famille Barton Sartorius a la douleur de vous faire part du décès de
M. Anthony BARTON
survenu à l'âge de 91 ans.
M. Anthony BARTON
survenu à l'âge de 91 ans.
La
cérémonie religieuse sera célébrée le vendredi 21 janvier 2022, à 14
heures, en l'église de Saint-Julien-Beychevelle, suivie de l'inhumation
au cimetière de cette même commune, dans la plus stricte intimité.
Source: Le Figaro, 20 January 2022
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