Henry George Bathurst, 4th Earl Bathurst (24 February 179025 May 1866), styled as Lord Apsley from 1794 to 1834, was a British peer and

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politician.

Background and education

Born at

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, he was the eldest son of

Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (22 May 1762 – 27 July 1834), was a High Tory, High church, High Church Tories (British political party), Pittite. He was an MP for thirty years before ennoblement. A personal friend of William Pitt the Young ...

, and his wife Lady Georgina, third daughter of

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. He was educated at

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and went then to

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, graduating with a

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in 1811 and a

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three years later. In 1820, he received a

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degree from the

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Career

Bathurst served as a clerk to the

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and in 1812, he was appointed a Commissioner of the

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, a post he held for the next six years. He was elected to the

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as one of two representatives for

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in January 1812, sitting until October the same year. He then represented

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until 1834, when he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the

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. On 24 January 1813 he was commissioned as Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant to raise the Royal Cotswold Local Militia at

. He was one of the founders of the Royal Agricultural College in 1845.

Death

Bathurst died at his country residence, Oakley Park, Cirencester, on 25 May 1866 aged 76 after a long illness. His body lay in state until it was interred on the estate in front of thousands of mourners.

Family

He never married and was succeeded in the earldom by his younger brother

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References

Bibliography

* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' New York: St Martin's Press, 1990 * Charles Mosley (ed.), ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage'' 3 volumes, 107th edition (London 2003) * C Kidd and D Williamson (eds), ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (London 2000)

External links

* http://www.thepeerage.com/p2755.htm#i27542 * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, 4th Earl 1790 births 1866 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford 4 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies People educated at Eton College Gloucestershire Militia officers UK MPs 1807–1812 UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs 1818–1820 UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1826–1830 UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1832–1835 Bathurst, E4 Tory MPs (pre-1834)

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