Stuart Bathurst
Stuart Eyre Bathurst (10 December 1815 – 15 March 1900) was an English cleric, and a first-class cricketer active 1836–39 who played for Oxford University. He notably switched from being a Church of England priest to become a Roman Catholic one.
Life
Bathurst was born in Marylebone. He was the son of Sir James Bathurst and the grandson of Henry Bathurst, Bishop of Norwich.[1] His grandfather was a nephew of the 1st Earl Bathurst.[2] He appeared in six first-class matches.[3]
Bathurst was educated at
In 1850 he converted to Catholicism under the influence of John Henry Newman. His sister Catherine Bathurst soon followed and she became a leading nun[5] and school founder and a long time correspondent with Newman. Stuart Bathurst became the parish priest at Wednesbury, Staffordshire, then moved to Stone, Staffordshire.
Death and legacy
He died in 1900 in Stone, Staffordshire. Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School in Wednesbury is named after him.[6]
Notes
- ^ "Rome's recruits" : a list of Protestants who have become Catholics since the Tractarian movement. London: The Whitehall Review. 1878. p. 1. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Obituary". The Gentleman's Magazine. F. Jefferies: 653–654. June 1837.
- ^ Stuart Bathurst at CricketArchive
- Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48436. Retrieved 8 February 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "Our Patron". Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School.
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