Sir Frederick Thomas Arthur Hervey-Bathurst, 4th Baronet (13 March 1833 – 20 May 1900) was an English first-class

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er and

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politician. Hervey-Bathurst served in the

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with the

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prior to his political career, serving with distinction in the

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. He was elected a Conservative Party Member of Parliament for South Wiltshire in 1861, holding that political office until the 1865 general election. As a cricketer, he played first-class cricket for

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and the

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Cricket, military and political careers

The son of Sir Frederick Hervey-Bathurst, 3rd Baronet, he was born at

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in March 1833. He was educated at

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, where he played for the college cricket team. He would later become a founding member of the Eton Ramblers Cricket Club in 1862, and served as its first president. From there, he purchased a commission as an

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and

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in the

in May 1851. A member of the

(MCC), he made his debut in

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for the MCC against

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in the same year as his army commission. He would play a handful of games for the MCC, prior to taking part in the

. There he saw action at

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, Balaclava, and

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and was promoted during the war to second captain in February 1854. He was later decorated for his war service by the

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with the

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, 5th Class. Upon his return from the war, Hervey-Bathurst returned to playing first-class cricket for the MCC, and was its president in 1857. He later played a first-class match for

against the MCC at

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in 1861. Following the death of Sidney Herbert in August 1861, the second seat for the South Wiltshire constituency became vacant. Hervey-Bathurst stood unopposed in the subsequent by-election and was returned as the second Member of Parliament for the constituency, with Lord Henry Thynne. His election to parliament necessitated his resignation from the Grenadier Guards, at which point he held the ranks of

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and lieutenant colonel, having purchased the ranks in January 1861. He held the seat until the 1865 general election, when he lost his seat to the Liberal Thomas Grove. Shortly after losing his seat, Hervey-Bathurst made two first-class appearances for the nascent

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, against

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in 1865, and the MCC at Lord's in 1866. As a cricketer, he was described by ''

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'' as a "fine hard hitter" who made "capital on-drives". In thirteen first-class matches, he scored 187 runs at an

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of 8.50, with a highest score of 49; with the ball, he took two wickets with his

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. Following the death of his father in October 1881, Hervey-Bathurst succeeded him as the 4th Baronet of the Hervey-Bathurst baronets. Hervey-Bathurst died following a short illness at

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in May 1900. He was succeeded as the 5th Baronet by his son, Sir Frederick Hervey-Bathurst. Hailing from a cricketing family, his father played first-class cricket, as did his half-brother Lionel Hervey-Bathurst; his grandson, Hervey Tudway, would also play first-class cricket.

Issue

He married Ada Ripton in 1869, who was the daughter of Sir John Sheppey Ribton, 3rd Baronet. The couple would have eight children, of whom five were boys and three were girls: * Sir Frederick Edward William Hervey-Bathurst, 5th Baronet (11 February 1870 – 16 April 1956) *Felton Rainald George Hervey-Bathurst (19 March 1871 – 2 March 1921) *Algernon Richard Hervey-Bathurst (10 August 1872 – 4 June 1949) *Cecilia Ada Hervey-Bathurst (14 October 1874 – 3 July 1959) *Aline Beatrix Hervey-Bathurst (15 February 1877 – 3 July 1919) *Violet Maude Hervey-Bathurst (30 March 1878 – August 1959) *Bertrand Elwell Hervey-Bathurst (5 October 1882 – 31 December 1942), an officer in the

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*Reginald Mervyn Hervey-Bathurst (21 February 1885 – 4 January 1905)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hervey-Bathurst, Frederick 1833 births 1900 deaths Cricketers from London People educated at Eton College Grenadier Guards officers English cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers British Army personnel of the Crimean War Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie, 5th class English cricket administrators Presidents of the Marylebone Cricket Club Hampshire cricketers UK MPs 1859–1865 Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Frederick Hervey