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The Earl Bathurst | |
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![]() Portrait of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst by William Salter | |
President of the Board of Trade | |
In office 31 March 1807 – 29 September 1812 | |
Monarch | George III |
Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | The Lord Auckland |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Clancarty |
Foreign Secretary | |
In office 11 October 1809 – 6 December 1809 | |
Monarch | George III |
Prime Minister | Spencer Perceval |
Preceded by | George Canning |
Succeeded by | The Marquess Wellesley |
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | |
In office 11 June 1812 – 30 April 1827 | |
Monarchs | |
Prime Minister | The Earl of Liverpool |
Preceded by | The Earl of Liverpool |
Succeeded by | The Viscount Goderich |
Lord President of the Council | |
In office 26 January 1828 – 22 November 1830 | |
Monarchs | |
Prime Minister | The Duke of Wellington |
Preceded by | The Duke of Portland |
Succeeded by | The Marquess of Lansdowne |
Personal details | |
Born | London | 22 May 1762
Died | 27 July 1834 London | (aged 72)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Tory |
Spouse |
Lady Georgina Lennox
(m. 1789) |
Children | 7 |
Parent(s) | Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst Tryphena Scawen |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, KG, PC (22 May 1762 – 27 July 1834) was a High Tory, High Church Pittite. He was an MP for thirty years before ennoblement. A personal friend of William Pitt the Younger, he became a broker of deals across cabinet factions during the Napoleonic era. After the Napoleonic Wars, Bathurst was on the conservative wing of the Tory party.