Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst

Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst


Lord President of the Council
In office 24 November 1779 – 27 March 1782
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	Lord North
Preceded by	The Earl Gower
Succeeded by	The Earl Camden

Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst PC KC (20 May 1714 – 6 August 1794), known as The Lord Apsley from 1771 to 1775, was a British lawyer and politician. He was Lord Chancellor of Great Britain from 1771 to 1778.

Background and education

Bathurst was the eldest son of Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst, and his wife Catherine (née Apsley). Educated at Balliol College, Oxford, he was called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, in 1736, and became a King's Counsel in 1745.^[1]

Political and judicial career

In April 1735 he had been elected member of parliament for Cirencester, and was rewarded for his opposition to the government by being made solicitor-general and then attorney-general to Frederick, Prince of Wales. Resigning his seat in parliament in April 1754 he was made a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the following month. He was admitted to the Privy Council and appointed Lord High Chancellor in January 1771, when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Apsley, in the County of Sussex. Having succeeded his father as second Earl Bathurst in September 1775, he resigned his office somewhat unwillingly in July 1778 to enable Lord Thurlow to join the cabinet of Lord North. In November 1779 he was appointed Lord President of the Council, and left office with North in March 1782.^[1]

Family

Lord Bathurst married firstly Anne James in 1754. After her death in 1758 he married secondly Tryphena, daughter of Thomas Scawen, in 1759. He died at Oakley Grove near Cirencester on 6 August 1794,^[1] aged 80, and was succeeded in the earldom by his son from his second marriage, Henry. Lady Bathurst died in 1807. Apsley House, in Hyde Park, known as "Number One London", was built for him by Robert Adam. It was sold in 1807 to the first Marquess of Wellesley, who sold it in 1817 to his famous brother, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.

Notes

1 2 3 Chisholm 1911.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bathurst, Earls". Encyclopædia Britannica 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Thomas Master	Member of Parliament for Cirencester 1735–1754 With: Thomas Master 1735–1747 Thomas Master 1747–1749 John Coxe 1749–1754	Succeeded by Benjamin Bathurst John Dawnay
Political offices
Preceded by In Commission	Lord Chancellor 1771–1778	Succeeded by The Lord Thurlow
Preceded by The Earl Gower	Lord President of the Council 1779–1782	Succeeded by The Lord Camden
Preceded by The Earl of Hardwicke	Teller of the Exchequer 1786–1794	Vacant
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Allen Bathurst	Earl Bathurst 1775–1794	Succeeded by Henry Bathurst
New creation	Baron Apsley 1771–1794	Succeeded by Henry Bathurst

Lord Chancellors of Great Britain

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List of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers

Cabinet of Prime Minister Lord North (1770–1782)

Prime Minister Chancellor of the Exchequer	Lord North (1770–1782)

Lord Chancellor	Commission (1770–1771) The Earl Bathurst (1771–1778) Lord Thurlow (1778–1782)

Lord President of the Council	The Earl Gower (1770–1779) The Earl Bathurst (1779–1782)

Lord Privy Seal	The Earl of Halifax (1770–1771) The Earl Suffolk (1771) The Duke of Grafton (1771–1775) The Earl of Dartmouth (1775–1782)

Lord Steward	The Earl Talbot (1770–1782)

Lord Chamberlain	The Earl of Hertford (1770–1782)

Southern Secretary	The Viscount Weymouth (1770) The Earl of Rochford (1770–1775) The Viscount Weymouth (1775–1779) The Earl of Hillsborough (1779–1782)

Northern Secretary	The Earl of Rochford (1770) The Earl of Sandwich (1770–1771) The Earl of Halifax (1771) The Earl of Suffolk (1771–1779) The Viscount Weymouth (1779) The Viscount Stormont (1779–1782)

Colonial Secretary	The Earl of Hillsborough (1770–1772) The Earl of Dartmouth (1772–1775) The Lord George Germain (1775–1782)

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Lord Strange (1770–1771) The Earl of Clarendon (1771–1782)

First Lord of the Admiralty	Sir Edward Hawke (1770–1771) The Earl of Sandwich (1778–1782)

Master-General of the Ordnance	Vacant (1770–1772) The Viscount Townshend (1772–1782)

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Viscount Townshend (1770–1772) The Earl Harcourt (1772–1777) The Earl of Buckinghamshire (1777–1780) The Earl of Carlisle (1780–1782)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 9456270 LCCN: no98010450 ISNI: 0000 0000 6395 8575 GND: 1036713962 NLA: 35215745

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