Robert Bateman (1560 – 11 December 1644) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the

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between 1614 and 1626. Bateman was the son of Richard Bateman of Hartington and his wife Ellen Topleyes, daughter of William Topleyes of

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Derbyshire. He was baptised at Hartington on 8 September 1561. He was an eminent merchant in the

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and a member of the

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.John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
Burke gives his name as Richard

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, William Courthope
''Debrett's Baronetage of England: with alphabetical lists of such baronetcies''
/ref> In 1614, Bateman was elected

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for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis in the

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. He was a member of the committee of the East India Company from 1614 to 1619 and a City auditor from 1617 to 1619. In 1619 he became treasurer of the East India Company and retained the post until his death. He was master of the Skinners Company in 1620. In 1621, he was elected MP for

. He was one of the court assistants for the Levant Company from 1622 to 1624. In 1624 he was re-elected MP for City of London and was re-elected in 1625 and 1626. He became City Chamberlain in 1626 and held the position until his death. He was sworn and discharged as alderman of

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ward, for a fine of £400 on 23 June 1629. He founded and endowed a divinity lectureship at Ashbourne. Bateman died at the age of 84, bequeathing lands in Essex, Dorset and Denbighshire. Bateman married Elizabeth Westrow daughter of John Westrow. They had four sons who were aldermen of the City of London and who suffered severe losses as a result of the

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became Lord Mayor of London, and

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was created a

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.'Notes on the aldermen, 1502–1700', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III – 1912 (1908), pp. 168–195. Date accessed: 15 July 2011
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bateman, Robert 1560 births 1644 deaths English merchants 17th-century merchants Members of the Parliament of England for the City of London English MPs 1614 English MPs 1621–1622 English MPs 1624–1625 English MPs 1625 English MPs 1626 17th-century English businesspeople