Viscount Bledisloe, of Lydney in the County of Gloucestershire, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1935 for the

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politician Charles Bathurst, 1st Baron Bledisloe, upon his retirement as

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. He had already been created Baron Bledisloe, of Lydney in the County of Gloucestershire, in 1918, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Bathurst was the great-grandson and namesake of the early-19th-century politician Charles Bathurst. The latter was the son of Charles Bragge and Anne Bathurst, granddaughter of Sir Benjamin Bathurst, younger brother of

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. In 1804, Charles Bathurst assumed the surname of Bathurst in lieu of Bragge. The first Viscount's grandson, third Viscount, was one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that were allowed to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the

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, and sat as a

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until his death. He was also a member of the

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. the titles are held by his son, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded in 2009. The family seat is

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, near

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Viscounts Bledisloe (1935)

Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, (21 September 1867 – 3 July 1958) was a British Conservative politician and colonial governor. He was Governor-General of New Zealand from 1930 to 1935. Early life Bathurst was born in London, the se ...

(1867–1958) * Benjamin Ludlow Bathurst, 2nd Viscount Bledisloe (1899–1979) * Christopher Hiley Ludlow Bathurst, 3rd Viscount Bledisloe (1934–2009) * Rupert Edward Ludlow Bathurst, 4th Viscount Bledisloe (b. 1964) The

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is the present holder's son, Hon. Benjamin Bathurst (b. 2004).

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* * Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (eds) ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' New York: St Martin's Press, 1990 * Charles Mosley, ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage'', 107th edition (London 2003) * http://www.thepeerage.com/p14421.htm#i144207 * https://web.archive.org/web/20080309065134/http://www.parliament.uk/directories/house_of_lords_information_office/deceased_members.cfm {{DEFAULTSORT:Bledisloe Viscountcies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Bathurst family Noble titles created in 1935 Noble titles created for UK MPs

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