NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Bathurst, William Lennox (1791-1878) 5th Earl Bathurst, Clerk of the Privy Council LBT ID: LdBathu5 | B/BAP: 1791-02-14 DIED: 1878-02-24 |
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The son of the third earl (d. 1834); educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and at Lincoln's
Inn; he was a Tory MP for Webley (1812-16), Commissioner for victualling the Navy
(1825-29), and Joint Secretary to the Board of Trade (1830-47). He succeeded his brother in
the title in 1866. | |