Sir John Walrond, 1st Baronet
Sir John Walrond Walrond, 1st Baronet (1 March 1818 – 23 April 1889), of Bradfield House, Uffculme in Devon (known as John Walrond Dickinson until 22 April 1845), was a British Conservative Party politician. Origins. He was born on 1 March 1818 as "John Walrond Dickinson", the son and heir of Benjamin Bowden Dickinson (1793–1851), JP, DL, of Tiverton in Devon, Sheriff of Devon in 1824, the son of John Dickinson (died 1813) (by his wife Harriet Bowden), of Knightshayes Court, near Tiverton, a wealthy merchant in that town. John's mother was Frances Walrond, eldest  daughter and eventual sole heiress of William Henry Walrond (born 1762) of Bradfield (near Tiverton) in Devon, by his wife Mary Alford of Sandford in Devon. The Walronds were an ancient gentry family seated at Bradfield since the reign of King Henry III (1216-1272), inherited by marriage to the heiress of the "de Bradfield" family. At least six years after his marriage and following his wife's inheritance, by royal licence dated 21 April 1845 Benjamin changed his surname to Walrond. Career. In 1865 he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Tiverton, Devon, a major cloth manufacturing  town near Bradfield where his family had much influence, but he stood down at the next election in 1868. He stood for the seat a number of times over the next 12 years – in 1872, 1874 and 1880 – but without success. He was selected Sheriff of Devon for 1874–75. He was created 1st Baronet "of Bradfield, Devon" on 24 February 1876. Marriage and issue. On 20 May 1845 Walrond married Frances Caroline Hood, a daughter of Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport (1788-1868), of Cricket St Thomas in Somerset, by his wife Charlotte Nelson, "suo jure" 3rd Duchess of Bronté  (1787-1873), niece and eventual heiress of the great Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (1758-1805), by whom he had five children, two sons and three daughters as follows: