Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst

Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst of Bathurst KG, PC ( May 22, 1762; † July 27, 1834 in London) was a British nobleman and politician.

Family

He was the eldest son of Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst. On April 1, 1789 he married Georgina (* December 6, 1765; † January 20, 1841 ), the daughter of Lord George Henry Lennox. The couple had four sons and two daughters. His eldest son, Henry George (* February 24, 1790, † May 25 1866 ) inherited the title as fourth Earl Bathurst.

Politician

Until 1779 he attended Christ Church College, Oxford University. In 1783 he became a deputy in the House of Commons for Cirencester in Gloucestershire, took his place before the House of Lords after the death of his father on August 6, 1794. Thanks to his friendship with the Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger, he was Lord of the Admiralty in 1783. From 1789 to 1791, he was Lord of the Treasury.

When Pitt became prime minister for a second time in May 1804 Bathurst took over the post of the head of the Royal Mint ( Master of the Mint). He held this position until 1806 and again from 1807 to 1812. Among the prime ministers William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland and Spencer Perceval, he was president of the Commercial Office ( Board of Trade ). In 1809 he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from October to December. On June 11, 1812, he was War and Colonial Secretary, as the incumbent Minister, Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, took over the premiership. Bathurst held this position until April 30, 1827 owed ​​it to this office that various remote places were named after him. In 1817 he was admitted to the Order of the Garter.

In the reign of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, he had on 28 January 1828 to 22 November 1830, the office of Lord President of the Council held, an office which had already occupied his father from 1779 to 1782. He supported Catholic Emancipation and was an opponent of parliamentary reform adopted in 1832.

This and That

According to him, were named among other things:

  • The town of Bathurst in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
  • The city was founded in 1815 Bathurst in the Australian state of New South Wales.
  • The capital city was founded in 1816 by Gambia in 1973 it was renamed the Banjul.
  • 1819 discovered Bathurst Island in northern Canada.
  • The Bathurst Island in northern Australia.
  • A 1820 established place in South Africa's Eastern Cape.
Reform Act 1832 Bathurst (New Brunswick) Bathurst (New South Wales) The Gambia Bathurst Island (Nunavut) Charles James Fox Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey George Canning John Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville James Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury John Russell, 1st Earl Russell George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon Arthur Balfour Austen Chamberlain Arthur Henderson John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon Anthony Eden Ernest Bevin Herbert Morrison Harold Macmillan Selwyn Lloyd Alec Douglas-Home Rab Butler Patrick Gordon Walker Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham George Brown, Baron George-Brown Anthony Crosland Francis Pym, Baron Pym Geoffrey Howe John Major Douglas Hurd Malcolm Rifkind Jack Straw Margaret Beckett David Miliband William Hague Integrated Authority File
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