Lieutenant-Colonel Allen Benjamin Bathurst (25 June 1872 – 8 October 1947) was a British Conservative Party politician. Bathurst was the third son of Allen Bathurst, 6th Earl Bathurst, and his first wife the Hon. Meriel ''née'' Warren (1839–1872), daughter of

George Warren, 2nd Baron de Tabley George Fleming Warren, 2nd Baron de Tabley PC (28 October 1811 – 19 October 1887) was a British Liberal politician. He notably served as Treasurer of the Household under William Ewart Gladstone between 1868 and 1872. Background Born George ...

. He served under his elder brother Seymour Bathurst, 7th Earl Bathurst, in the 4th Battalion (Royal North Gloucestershire Militia), Gloucestershire Regiment and later commanded the

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, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Territorial Force Reserve. At the 1895 general election he was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cirencester, a seat he held until his defeat in

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. He regained the seat at the January 1910 election and held it until the constituency was abolished at the 1918 general election. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Gloucestershire on 24 December 1913. Bathurst married at

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, on 22 April 1902, Augusta Ruby Spencer-Churchill, daughter of Lord Edward Spencer-Churchill, and granddaughter of the 6th Duke of Marlborough. They had a son, Peter Bathurst (1903–1970). He died in October 1947, aged 75. His grandson and namesake is the prominent naval commander Sir Benjamin Bathurst.

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* 1872 births 1947 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Cirencester Younger sons of earls Gloucestershire Militia officers Gloucestershire Regiment officers Deputy Lieutenants of Gloucestershire

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