William Bateman-Hanbury, 1st Baron Bateman of Shobdon (24 June 1780 – 22 July 1845) was a Member of Parliament and later a Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. At birth his name was William Hanbury, although he was a distant descendant of Sir

James Bateman James Bateman may refer to: * James Bateman (horticulturist) (1811–1897), British landowner and horticulturist * James Bateman (artist) (1893–1959), English painter of rural scenes * James Bateman (MP), MP for Carlisle * James Bateman (banker) ...

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. S ...

, 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, ...

. He served as a Whig MP from Northampton from 1810 to 1818. From 1819 to 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 Baron Bateman, of Shobdon in the County of Hereford, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 30 January 1837 for William Bateman, previously member of Parliament for Northampton. Born William Hanbury, he was the gr ...

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 Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall (13 June 1739 – 5 January 1799), known as Arthur Chichester until 1757 and as The Earl of Donegall between 1757 and 1791, was an English nobleman and politician in Ireland. Early life Chichester was ...

. They had four sons and four daughters. He was succeeded by his eldest son William Bateman-Hanbury, 2nd Baron Bateman.

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