| Authorised form of name | Bathurst; Benjamin (1692 - 1767); politician |
| Dates | 1692 - 1767 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 1692 |
| Date of death | 05 November 1767 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Baptism:
25 June 1692 |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Activity | Education:
Eton (1699); Trinity College, Oxford (1708)
Career:
MP for Cirencester (1713-1727), Gloucester (1728-1754), Monmouth (1754-1767); Tory MP who often voted with the Whigs but never spoke in the Houses of Parliament during his 54 year tenure; Outranger, Windsor Forest (1763-1767)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/12/1731 |
| Age at election | 39 |
| Relationships | Father, Sir Benjamin Bathurst, MP, slave-trader and colonial administrator; mother, Frances Apsley, daughter of Sir Allen Apsley; married (1) 17 Dec 1713, Finetta Poole (d. 1738), daughter of Henry Poole of Kemble, (2) 22 Oct 1741, Catherine Whitfield (d. 1794), daughter of Rev. Lawrence Brodrick, chaplain to the House of Commons, widow of Dr William Whitfield; brother of Allen Bathurst, 1st Baron Bathurst |
| OtherInfo | Benjamin Bathurst's father, Sir Benjamin Bathurst, was a deputy-governor of the Royal Africa Company in 1680–82 and a sub-governor in 1682–4, 1685-6 and 1689–90. The Royal Adventurers into Africa, later Royal African Company (RAC). The RAC was a British trading company established by Royal Charter in 1660 which enslaved and sold African people. The family wealth was built on investments in the slave trade and this wealth was the origin of the estates of Lydney and Mixbury which he gifted to his son, Benjamin Bathurst FRS, on his death. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Wikipedia; Collins's Peerage, 1812, v.5, p.89;
References:
J. Barnes, 'New and Correct Lists of both Houses of Parliament: according to Garter King at Arms' List of the Test-Roll. With all the alterations since the third and last Sessions ... Ninth edition, etc' 1751 p.88-89
''BATHURST, Benjamin (1692-1767), of Lydney, Glos. and Mixbury', History of Parliament online. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/bathurst-benjamin-1692-1767#footnote2_qmygjbl (Accessed 2/7/2020)
Dresser, Madge. Hann, Andrew, 'Slavery and the British country house'. English Heritage (2013). p. 39
Notes:
Date of death previously recorded in name authority as 23 January 1767, which seems to have been the result of confusing Benjamin Bathhurst FRS, with his nephew Benjamin Bathurst who also died in 1767, born 1711 died 23 Jan 1767 but who was not FRS http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/bathurst-hon-benjamin-1711-67 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/292461223 |
| Code | NA183 |