Frederick Ramon De Bertodano (1871 - 1955)
8th Marquis del Moral, born in New South Wales and served with the Notts Yeomanry. Bertodanos were one of the ancient families of Spain; the gold chain on their crest commemorated the ancestors who fought the Moors in 1212 and broke their chain defences. The family became anglicised after the 5th Marquis married an Englishwoman and became Governor of the Bank of England 1835-36.
This page was last updated on April 5th, 2012.
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I have written about Frederick’s father, the Australian equine pioneer Ramon Edward de Bertodano Lopez in “Horsemen of the First Frontier (1788-1900).ISBN 0 646 44865 X
I do not understand what this website is about. frederick ramon de bertodano died and is buried in Salisbury southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe)
has anyone studied the gravestone? Frederick Ramon de Bertodano was buried in Salisbury, Rhodesia. I suspect the gravestone is of his son Andrew 1912-1957.
Ramon Roman de Bertodano y Lopez married Henrietta Pattison in 1837. Her Father James Pattison was Governor of the Bank of England
and Member of Parliament for the City of London.
R.E deB was their son, and his son was F.R deB who died on 25th Feb 1955 in Salisbury [now Harare] where he is buried. His son Andrew died in
1957 in Cambridge England where he is buried.
The 5th Marques 1805-1865]married an Henrietta [1813 – 1869] daughter of James Pattison [1786-1849.] who was governor of the Bank & M.P. for the City of London.The family grave in Hampstead contains the body of the first wife [Ida born Dalzell [1876-1924] of the 8th Marques; also interred there are the body of their eldest daughter Monica [1909-1966, and the ashes of their youngest daughter Mary [1911-2009]
Their other children are commemorated [but not interred] there.