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Peter Bathurst (actor)
Peter Bathurst may refer to: * Peter Bathurst (Salisbury MP) (1687–1748), member of parliament for Wilton, for Cirencester, and for Salisbury * Peter Bathurst (Eye MP) (1723–1801), member of parliament for Eye {{hndis, Bathurst, Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bathurst (Salisbury MP)
Peter Bathurst (3 May 16871748), of Greatworth, Northamptonshire and Clarendon Park, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1711 and 1741. Bathurst was the second son of Sir Benjamin Bathurst, MP, of Paulerspury, Northamptonshire and his wife Frances Apsley, daughter of Sir Allen Apsley, MP of Apsley, Sussex. As a child he was a companion to the Duke of Gloucester, with his brother Benjamin, at the court of Princess Anne. He was educated at Eton College in about 1700, and matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford in 1703. His father left him lands in Lincolnshire. He married Leonora-Maria How, daughter of Charles How of Greatworth, Northamptonshire in 1709 and acquired part of his father-in-law's estate. His wife died in January 1720, and he married as his second wife Lady Selina Shirley, daughter of Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers on 24 October 1720. He also acquired at some stage the Clarendon Park es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |