Early Life, Family and Training Robert Bateman was born into a family deeply connected to the land and the study of nature. He was the third son of James Bateman, a Fellow of the Royal Society and an accomplished horticulturist, and Maria Sybilla Egerton-Warburton. His father’s work in building the gardens at Biddulph Grange in Staffordshire provided a backdrop of structured greenery and botanical interest. Robert grew up alongside hi…