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EARLS See also:BATHURST
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See also:ALLEN See also:BATHURST, 1st See also:Earl Bathurst (1684-1775), was the eldest son of See also:Sir See also:Benjamin Bathurst (d
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1704), by his wife, Frances (d
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1727), daughter of Sir Allen Apsley of Apsley, See also:Sussex, and belonged to a See also:family which is said to have settled in Sussex before the See also:Norman See also:Conquest
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He was educated at Trinity See also:College, See also:Oxford, and became member of See also:parliament for See also:Cirencester in May 1705, retaining his seat until See also:December 1711, when he was created See also:Baron Bathurst of Battles-den, See also:Bedfordshire
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As a zealous Tory he defended See also:Atterbury, See also:bishop of See also:Rochester, and in the See also:House of Lords was an opponent of Sir See also:Robert See also:Walpole
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After Walpole See also:left See also:office in 1742 he was made a privy councillor, and in See also:August 1772 was created Earl
Bathurst, having previously received a See also:pension of £2000 a See also:year chargeable upon the Irish revenues
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He died on the 16th of See also:September 1775, and was buried in Cirencester See also: He is described in Sterne's Letters to Eliza; was the subject of a graceful reference on the See also:part of See also:Burke speaking in the House of See also:Commons; and the letters which passed between him and Pope are published in Pope's See also:Works, vol. viii . (See also:London, 1872) . |
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