William Bateman-Hanbury, 1st Baron Bateman of Shobdon (24 June 1780 – 22 July 1845) was a

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and later a Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Shobdon Court (geograph 3939708)

At birth his name was William Hanbury, although he was a distant descendant of Sir

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who had been

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and was his 2nd great-grandfather. Hanbury studied at

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and then

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graduating from the later in 1798. In 1802 he inherited

Shobdon Court Shobdon Court was an 18th-century English country house in the village of Shobdon, near Leominster, Herefordshire. Although the main house has since been demolished, the service wing and the stable block have been converted to residential use. Sh ...

, near Leominster, Herefordshire from

John Bateman, 2nd Viscount Bateman John Bateman, 2nd Viscount Bateman (April 1721 – 2 March 1802) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1746 to 1784. Bateman was the eldest son of William Bateman, 1st Viscount Bateman MP and his wife Lady Anne Spencer, d ...

. He served as a Whig MP from Northampton from 1810–1818. From 1819–1820 he was

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. In 1835 Hanbury made an unsuccessful run for Parliament as a liberal. In January 1837 Hanbury became the first Baron Bateman of Shobdon. In February he had his name legally changed to William Bateman-Hanbury. In 1822 he had married Elizabeth Chichester, the granddaughter of Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall. They had four sons and four daughters. He was succeeded by his eldest son

William Bateman-Hanbury, 2nd Baron Bateman William Bateman Bateman-Hanbury, 2nd Baron Bateman (28 July 1826 – 30 November 1901), styled The Honourable from 1837 until 1845, was a British peer and Conservative politician. Background and education Born William Hanbury at Kelmarsh, he was ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bateman, William Bateman-Hanbury, 1st Baron 1780 births 1845 deaths Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1807–1812 UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs who were granted peerages 1 High Sheriffs of Herefordshire People educated at Eton College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Peers of the United Kingdom created by William IV