William Bathurst, 5th Earl Bathurst

William Lennox Bathurst, 5th Earl Bathurst (14 February 1791 – 24 February 1878), styled The Honourable William Bathurst from 1794 to 1866, was a British peer, Tory Member of Parliament and civil servant.

"A Relic"
Earl Bathurst as caricatured by James Tissot in Vanity Fair, November 1873

Bathurst was the second son of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, and his wife Lady Georgina (née Lennox). He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1812. The same year, aged twenty-one, he was elected to the House of Commons as one of two representatives for Weobley (succeeding his elder brother Lord Apsley), a seat he held until 1816. He then returned to Christ Church and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1817. In 1821 he was called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn. Bathurst was a Deputy Teller of the Exchequer between 1816 and 1830 and a Commissioner for victualling the Royal Navy between 1825 and 1829 and served as Joint Secretary to the Board of Trade from 1830 to 1847 and as Joint Clerk of the Privy Council from 1830 to 1860. In 1866, aged seventy-five, he succeeded his elder brother in the earldom and entered the House of Lords.

Lord Bathurst died in February 1878, aged eighty-seven. He never married and was succeeded in his titles by his nephew Allen.

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    gollark: IIRC the total population is less than Europe too.
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    References
    • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's P ress, 1990,
    • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
    • Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.
    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    Lord George Thynne
    Lord Apsley    		 Member of Parliament for Weobley
    1812–1816
    With: Viscount St Asaph 1812–1813
    James Lenox William Naper 1813–1816    		 Succeeded by
    James Lenox William Naper
    Lord Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck
    Government offices
    Preceded by
    James Buller
    Charles Greville    		 Clerk of the Privy Council
    1830–1860
    With: Charles Greville 1830–1859    		 Succeeded by
    Arthur Helps
    Peerage of Great Britain
    Preceded by
    Henry George Bathurst    		 Earl Bathurst
    1866–1878    		 Succeeded by
    Allen Alexander Bathurst

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