Henry Bathurst, 4th Earl Bathurst

Henry George Bathurst, 4th Earl Bathurst (24 February 1790 – 25 May 1866), styled as Lord Apsley from 1794 to 1834, was a British peer and Tory politician.

The Right Honourable The Earl Bathurst
Member of Parliament for Weobley
In office January – October 1812 Serving with Lord George Thynne
Preceded by	Lord George Thynne Lord Guernsey
Succeeded by	Viscount St Asaph William Bathurst
Member of Parliament for Cirencester
In office 1812 – 1834 Serving with Michael Hicks-Beach (1812–1818) Joseph Cripps (1818–1834)
Preceded by	Michael Hicks-Beach Joseph Cripps
Succeeded by	Joseph Cripps Lord Edward Somerset
Personal details
Born	24 February 1790 Apsley House, London, England
Died	25 May 1866 (aged 76) Oakley Park, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Political party	Tory
Parents	Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst Lady Georgina Lennox
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Background and education

Born at Apsley House, he was the eldest son of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, and his wife Lady Georgina, third daughter of Lord George Lennox.[1] He was educated at Eton College and went then to Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1811 and a Master of Arts three years later.[1] In 1820, he received a Doctor of Civil Law by the University of Oxford.

Career

Bathurst served as a clerk to the Teller of the Exchequer and in 1812, he was appointed a Commissioner of the India Board, a post he held for the next six years.[1] He was elected to the House of Commons as one of two representatives for Weobley in January 1812, sitting until October the same year. He then represented Cirencester until 1834, when he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords. He was one of the founders of the Royal Agricultural College in 1845.

Death

Bathurst died at his country residence, Oakley Park, Cirencester, on 25 May 1866 aged 76 after a long illness.[2] His body lay in state until it was interred on the estate in front of thousands of mourners.[3]

Family

He never married and was succeeded in the earldom by his younger brother William.

References

1. Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co.
2. "Death of Earl Bathurst". Cheltenham Looker-On. 2 June 1866. Retrieved 17 December 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Funeral of Earl Bathurst". Cheltenham Chronicle. 5 June 1866. Retrieved 17 December 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

Bibliography

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage New York: St Martin's Press, 1990
• Charles Mosley (ed.), Burke's Peerage and Baronetage 3 volumes, 107th edition (London 2003)
• C Kidd and D Williamson (eds), Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (London 2000)

External links

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p2755.htm#i27542
• http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersB2.htm
• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl Bathurst