Earl Bathurst
Earl Bathurst , of Bathurst in the County of Sussex , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Great Britain .
The Earls family home is Cirencester House near Cirencester in Gloucestershire .
Award
The title was created on August 27, 1772 for Allen Bathurst, 1st Baron Bathurst . This was a member of the House of Commons and was in opposition to Sir Robert Walpole . He was also a patron of many important writers and poets such as Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift . He had an important landscape garden laid out at his headquarters .
Subordinate title
The first Earl Bathurst had already been raised on January 1, 1712, sixty years before his elevation to Earl , to Baron Bathurst , of Battlesden in the County of Bedford .
The later second Earl became Lord Chancellor in 1771, while his father was still alive . For this purpose he was raised to Baron Apsley , of Apsley in the County of Sussex on January 24, 1771 . At the death of the first earl, the barony became a subordinate title of the earl dignity. This title is used today as a courtesy title by the respective title heir.
Both baronies also belong to the Peerage of Great Britain.
List of Earls Bathurst (1772)
- Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst (1684–1775)
- Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst (1714–1794), (raised to Baron Apsley in 1771 )
- Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762–1834)
- Henry George Bathurst, 4th Earl Bathurst (1790–1866)
- William Lennox Bathurst, 5th Earl Bathurst (1791-1878)
- Allen Alexander Bathurst, 6th Earl Bathurst (1832-1892)
- Seymour Henry Bathurst, 7th Earl Bathurst (1864-1943)
- Henry Allen John Bathurst, 8th Earl Bathurst (1927-2011)
- Allen Christopher Bertram Bathurst, 9th Earl Bathurst (* 1961)
The heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current Earl, Benjamin George Henry Bathurst, Baron Apsley (* 1990).
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page