Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
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The Right Honourable The Earl Bathurst KG PC |
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Portrait of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst by William Salter
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| President of the Board of Trade | |
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In office 31 March 1807 – 29 September 1812 |
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| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister |
The Duke of Portland Spencer Perceval The Earl of Liverpool |
| Preceded by | The Lord Auckland |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Clancarty |
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In office 11 October 1809 – 6 December 1809 |
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| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | Spencer Perceval |
| Preceded by | George Canning |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess Wellesley |
| Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | |
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In office 11 June 1812 – 30 April 1827 |
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| Monarch |
George III George IV |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Liverpool |
| Preceded by | Viscount Castlereagh |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Goderich |
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In office 26 January 1828 – 22 November 1830 |
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George IV William IV |
| Prime Minister | The Duke of Wellington |
| Preceded by | The Duke of Portland |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess of Lansdowne |
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22 May 1762 London |
| Died | 27 July 1834 (aged 72) London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Tory |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Georgina Lennox (1765-1846) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst KG PC (22 May 1762 – 27 July 1834) was a High Tory, High Church Pittite from the end of the Second Empire. For thirty years an MP and whence ennobled one of the government's main stalwarts on Colonial policy. Not a good speaker in debates, he was nevertheless a competent administrator; and if rather a dull he remained intensely loyal and at the centre of government for longer than all his contemporaries. A personal friend of William Pitt he became a broker of deals across cabinet factions during the volatile Napoleonic era. After the wars he was on the 'conservative' wing of the Liberal Tory party but came round towards arbitrating on a less than harsh colonial regime.
Lord Bathurst was the elder son of Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, by his wife Tryphena, daughter of Thomas Scawen. He was educated at Eton from 1773 to 1778 and then up to Christ Church, Oxford. The college was always considered the most academic, and he went up with his closest companions at Eton William Wyndham Greville, Richard, Lord Wellesley and Canon Bathurst, his cousin. The influences on his strong, but affable character were aristocratic, whiggish at the beginning of the industrial revolution, a time of great social upheaval. Britain had lost the American colonies but gained a larger empire in the Far East. Affable man of character, learning and wit, Bathurst was known in society for a gentle sense of humour. He was a book-lover, which he inherited from his parents; his father's learning had acquired a large library, while his mother was artistic but quite stern. It was however his mother who was more business-like, and from her he learnt some cunning. He was a bad godfather to his religious charges, but a good father to his children. Not especially religious or church-going, Bathurst was worldly and intelligent. Aged sixteen he matriculated at Christ Church on 22 April 1779. His father was overjoyed, and from 1790 he bought a living at Sapperton, where the family farmed the estate, and a stall in Christ Church cathedral. Then in 1781 he decided to embark on a Grand Tour of Europe. Without taking a degree he left Oxford for Germany where he travelled with Greville. From Switzerland he went to Italy, before moving north to Paris. On hearing that Shelburne's government was challenged by a Fox-North coalition he headed back to London in February 1783.
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