Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst
Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners | |
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In office 1742–1744 | |
Preceded by | The Duke of Bolton |
Succeeded by | The Lord Hobart |
Personal details | |
Born | 16 November 1684 |
Died | 16 September 1775 (aged 90) |
Spouse |
Catherine Apsley (m. 1704) |
Children | Sir Benjamin Bathurst Frances Apsley |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford |
Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst,
Early life
Bathurst was the eldest son and heir of
Bathurst matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford on 13 May 1700.[4] He succeeded his father on 27 April 1704. In July 1704, he married his first cousin Catherine Apsley, daughter of Sir Peter Apsley and his wife Catherine Fortrey, daughter of Samuel Fortrey and sister of William Fortrey.[1]
Parliament
At the
As a zealous
After Walpole left office, Bathurst was made a
In August 1772, 60 years after he was elevated to the peerage, Bathurst was created Earl Bathurst, of Bathurst in the County of Sussex, with remainder to the
Artistic interests
Apart from his political career, Lord Bathurst is also known for his association with the poets and scholars of the time.
In 1719 he was one of the original backers of the
Bathurst's name is listed as a founding governor on the royal charter of the Foundling Hospital, granted by King George II in 1739. He is described in Sterne's Letters to Eliza; was the subject of a graceful reference on the part of Burke speaking in the House of Commons; and the letters which passed between him and Pope are published in Pope's Works, vol. viii. (London, 1872).[2]
Later life and legacy
Lord Bathurst's wife, Catherine, died in 1768. He survived her by seven years and died in September 1775, aged 90. He was buried in Cirencester church. They had four sons and five daughters, including Frances, wife of the future MP
Bathurst's sister was the mother of Admiral Sir Thomas Pye. His brother Henry Bathurst served as Bishop of Norwich and his niece was Caroline de Crespigny, a poet who some claim to be one of Lord Byron's many mistresses.[6]
Notes
- ^ a b c "BATHURST, Allen (1684–1775), of Oakley Park, nr. Cirencester, Glos". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f Chisholm 1911.
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- ^ Foster, Joseph. "Barrowby-Benn in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 pp. 79-105". British History Online. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ^ Thomas McGeary. The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain. Cambridge University Press, 2013. p.269
- ^ Ernest Lovell Jr, Captain Medwin, Friend of Byron and Shelley, University of Texas, 1962 p 303-306
References
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bathurst, Earls". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 520. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
- Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- G.E. Cokayne and P Vicary Gibbs (eds), The Complete Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland extant, abeyant, dormant and extinct, (1912), St Catherine's Press, London
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage New York: St Martin's Press, 1990