Biography of William Lennox Bathurst 5th Earl Bathurst 1791-1878
Paternal Family Tree: Bathurst
Maternal Family Tree: Maria Susanne Luise von Degenfeld 1634-1677
In Apr 1789 [his father] Henry Bathurst 3rd Earl Bathurst (age 26) and [his mother] Georgiana Lennox Countess Bathurst (age 23) were married. He the son of Henry Bathurst 2nd Earl Bathurst (age 74) and Tryphena Scawen Countess Bathurst Sussex (age 58). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 14 Feb 1791 William Lennox Bathurst 5th Earl Bathurst was born to Henry Bathurst 3rd Earl Bathurst (age 28) and Georgiana Lennox Countess Bathurst (age 25). He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 06 Aug 1794 [his grandfather] Henry Bathurst 2nd Earl Bathurst (age 80) died at Oakley Grove Cirencester, Gloucestershire. His son [his father] Henry Bathurst 3rd Earl Bathurst (age 32) succeeded 3rd Earl Bathurst of Bathurst in Sussex. [his mother] Georgiana Lennox Countess Bathurst (age 28) by marriage Countess Bathurst of Bathurst in Sussex.
Greville Memoirs. 17 Nov 1830. Went to Downing Street yesterday morning between twelve and one, and found that the Duke and all the Ministers were just gone to the King. He received them with the greatest kindness, shed tears, but accepted their resignation without remonstrance. He told [his father] Lord Bathurst (age 68) he would do anything he could, and asked him if there was nothing he could sign which would secure his son's appointment. Lord Bathurst (age 68) thanked him, but told him he could do nothing. The fact is the appointment might be hurried through, but the salary depends upon an annual vote of the House of Commons, and an exasperated and triumphant Opposition would be sure to knock it off; so he has done the only thing he can do, which is to leave it to the King to secure the appointment for him if possible. It will be a great piece of luck for somebody that Buller should have died exactly when he did. William Bathurst (age 39) may perhaps lose the place from his not dying earlier, or the new Government may lose the patronage because he did not die later; but it is ill luck for me, who shall probably have more trouble because he has died at all.
Greville Memoirs. 12 Dec 1830. After some delay Lord Lansdowne made up his mind to fill up the vacancy in my office, and to give it to William Bathurst (age 39); but he first spoke to the King, who said it was very true he had told [his father] Lord Bathurst (age 68) that his son should have it, but that he now left the matter entirely to his decision, showing no anxiety to have William Bathurst (age 39) appointed. However, he has it, but reduced to £1,200 a year. I was agreeably surprised yesterday by a communication from Lord Lansdowne that he thought no alteration could be made in my emoluments, and that he was quite prepared to defend them if anybody attacked them. Still, though it is a very good thing to be so supported, I don't consider myself safe from Parliamentary assaults. In these times it will not do to be idle, and I told Lord Lansdowne that I was anxious to keep my emoluments, but ready to work for them, and proposed that we Clerks of the Council should be called upon to act really at the Board of Trade, as we are, in fact, bound to do; by which means Lack's place when vacant need not be filled up, and a saving would be made. My predecessors Cottrell and Fawkener always acted, their successors Bailer and Chetwynd were incompetent, and Lack, the Chancellor's Clerk, was made Assistant-Secretary, and did the work. Huskisson and Hume, his director, made the business a science; new Presidents and Vice-Presidents succeeded one another in different Ministerial revolutions; they and Lack were incompetent, and Hume was made Assistant-Secretary, and it is he who advises, directs, legislates. I believe he is one of the ablest practical men who have ever served, more like an American statesman than an English official. I am anxious to begin my Trade education under him.
Greville Memoirs. 16 Dec 1830. At Court yesterday; William Bathurst (age 39) sworn in. All the Ministers were there, and the Duke of Wellington at the levee looking out of sorts. Dined at the Lievens'; Lady Cowper (age 43) told me that in the summer the Duke had not made a direct offer to Melbourne, but what was tantamount to it. He had desired somebody (she did not say who) to speak to Lamb (age 48)6, and said he would call on him himself the next day. Something, however, prevented him, and she did not say whether he did call or not afterwards. He denied ever having made any overture at all. To Palmerston he proposed the choice of four places, and she thinks he would have taken in Huskisson if the latter had lived. He would have done nothing but on compulsion; that is clear. It is very true (what they say Peel said of him) that no man ever had any influence with him, only women, and those always the silliest. But who are Peel's confidants, friends, and parasites? Bonham, a stock-jobbing ex-merchant; Charles Ross, and the refuse of society of the House of Commons.
Note 6. Sir Frederick Lamb (age 48).
On 27 Jul 1834 [his father] Henry Bathurst 3rd Earl Bathurst (age 72) died. His son [his brother] Henry George Bathurst 4th Earl Bathurst (age 44) succeeded 4th Earl Bathurst of Bathurst in Sussex.
On 20 Jan 1841 [his mother] Georgiana Lennox Countess Bathurst (age 75) died.
On 25 May 1866 [his brother] Henry George Bathurst 4th Earl Bathurst (age 76) died at Oakley Grove Cirencester, Gloucestershire. His brother William Lennox Bathurst 5th Earl Bathurst (age 75) succeeded 5th Earl Bathurst of Bathurst in Sussex.
On 24 Feb 1878 William Lennox Bathurst 5th Earl Bathurst (age 87) died unmarried. His nephew Allen Bathurst 6th Earl Bathurst (age 45) succeeded 6th Earl Bathurst of Bathurst in Sussex.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 5 Grand Son of Henry IV King France
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Bathurst
Great x 2 Grandfather: Benjamin Bathurst
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Villiers
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Villiers
Great x 1 Grandfather: Allen Bathurst 1st Earl Bathurst 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Allen Apsley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Captain Allen Apsley 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy St John 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Apsley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Petre
GrandFather: Henry Bathurst 2nd Earl Bathurst 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Allen Apsley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Captain Allen Apsley 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy St John 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Apsley 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Petre
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Apsley Countess Bathurst Sussex 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: Henry Bathurst 3rd Earl Bathurst 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Scawen
GrandMother: Tryphena Scawen Countess Bathurst Sussex 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford 10 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Russell 1st Duke Bedford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Russell 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Carr 1st Earl Somerset 13 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Carr Countess of Bedford 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Tryphena Russell 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Lloyd
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lloyd Lady Hoghton
William Lennox Bathurst 5th Earl Bathurst 3 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland Son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Lennox 1st Duke Richmond Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guillaume de Penancoët Seigneur de Kéroualle
Great x 3 Grandmother: Louise Kéroualle 1st Duchess Portsmouth
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie de Plœuc
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Lennox 2nd Duke Richmond Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell 2nd Earl Cardigan 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Brudenell 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Savage Countess Cardigan 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Brudenell Duchess Richmond 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Savile 1st Earl of Sussex 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Savile 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Villiers Countess Sussex 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: George Lennox Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cadogan
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Cadogan
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cadogan 1st Earl Cadogan
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hardress Waller
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Waller
Great x 1 Grandmother: Sarah Cadogan Duchess Richmond
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Cecilia Munter Countess Cadogan
Mother: Georgiana Lennox Countess Bathurst 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Kerr 1st Marquess Lothian 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Kerr 2nd Marquess Lothian 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jean Campbell 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Kerr 3rd Marquess Lothian 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Archibald Campbell 9th Earl Argyll 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jean Campbell Marchioness Lothian 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Stewart Countess Argyll 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Henry Kerr 4th Marquess Lothian 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
GrandMother: Louisa Kerr 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Conyers Darcy 2nd Earl Holderness 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Darcy 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Howard 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Darcy 3rd Earl Holderness 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Sutton 1st Baron Lexinton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Sutton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary St Leger Baroness Lexington 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Caroline Darcy Marchioness Lothian 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Schomberg 1st Duke Schomberg 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Meinhart Schomberg 3rd Duke Schomberg 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Louis Palatinate Simmern Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Karoline von der Pfalz Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Susanne Luise von Degenfeld