{{Short description|British politician (1754–1831)}} {{other people}} {{Use British English|date=June 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] | name = Charles Bathurst | image = | image_size = | order1 = [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] | term_start1 = 1812 | term_end1 = 1823 | monarch1 = [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]] <br> [[George IV of the United Kingdom|George IV]] | prime_minister1 = [[Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool|The Earl of Liverpool]] | predecessor1 = [[Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire|The Earl of Buckinghamshire]] | successor1 = [[Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley|The Lord Bexley]] | birth_date = {{birth date text|1754|}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|13 August 1831|1754}} | death_place = | party = | alma_mater = [[University of Oxford]] | spouse = {{marriage|Charlotte Addington|1781}} | children = 4, including [[William Hiley Bathurst|William]] }}
'''Charles Bathurst''' [[Privy Council (United Kingdom)|PC]] (1754 – 13 August 1831), known as '''Charles Bragge''' from 1754 to 1804, was a British politician of the early 19th century.
==Background and education== Born Charles Bragge, Bathurst was the son of Charles Bragge, of [[Cleeve Hill, Gloucestershire|Cleeve Hill in Gloucestershire]], and his wife Anne Bathurst, the granddaughter of Sir Benjamin Bathurst, younger brother of [[Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst]]. He was educated at [[Winchester School]] and [[New College, Oxford]] and studied law at [[Lincoln's Inn]] in 1772, being [[called to the bar]] in 1778. In 1804 he assumed by royal licence the surname of Bathurst in lieu of Bragge when he inherited [[Lydney Park]] in Gloucestershire from his maternal uncle Poole Bathurst.<ref name=HoP>{{cite web|url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/bathurst-charles-1754-1831|title=BATHURST (formerly BRAGGE), Charles (1754–1831), of Lydney Park, Glos.|publisher= History of Parliament|accessdate= 10 May 2016}}</ref>
==Political career== Bathurst sat as a member of parliament (MP) for [[Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Monmouth]] from 1790 to 1796, for [[Bristol (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol]] from 1796 to 1812, for [[Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency)|Bodmin]] from 1812 to 1818 and for [[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]] from 1818 to 1823. He was invested a member of the [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Council]] in 1801 and held office under [[Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth|Henry Addington]] as [[Treasurer of the Navy]] from 1801 to 1803 and as [[Secretary at War]] from 1803 to 1804. He also served under the [[William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland|Duke of Portland]] as [[Master of the Mint]] (1806–07) and under [[Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool|Lord Liverpool]] as [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] (1812–23) and [[President of the Board of Control]] (1821–22).
In 1796 Bathurst was made an honorary freeman of the [[Society of Merchant Venturers]], due to his support for the slave trade.<ref name="PortCities Bristol">{{cite web |url=http://www.discoveringbristol.org.uk/showNarrative.php?narId=71&nacId=75 |title=PortCities Bristol |accessdate=5 May 2007 |archive-date=8 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008091609/http://www.discoveringbristol.org.uk/showNarrative.php?narId=71&nacId=75 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Latimer|first=John|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofsociety00latiuoft|title=The history of the Society of Merchant Venturers of the City of Bristol; with some account of the anterior Merchants' Guilds|date=1903|publisher=Bristol, Arrowsmith|others=Robarts - University of Toronto}}</ref>
==Family== Bathurst died in August 1831. He had married Charlotte, daughter of [[Anthony Addington]], in 1781 and with her had 2 sons and 2 daughters. He was succeeded in turn by their eldest son Charles and their younger son, [[William Hiley Bathurst|Reverend William Hiley Bathurst]] who became the grandfather of [[Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe]]. His wife survived him by eight years and died in May 1839.<ref name=HoP/>
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{Hansard-contribs | mr-charles-bathurst | Charles Bathurst }}
{{s-start}} {{s-par|gb}} {{succession box | title = Member of Parliament for [[Monmouth Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency)|Monmouth]] | years = 1790–1796 | before = [[Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort|Marquess of Worcester]] | after = [[Sir Charles Thompson, 1st Baronet|Sir Charles Thompson, Bt]] }} {{succession box | title = Member of Parliament for [[Bristol (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol]] | years = 1796–[[1801 United Kingdom general election|1800]] | with = [[John Baker-Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield|The Lord Sheffield]] | before = [[John Baker-Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield|The Lord Sheffield]]<br />[[Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort|Marquess of Worcester]] | after = Parliament of the United Kingdom }} {{s-par|uk}} {{succession box | title = Member of Parliament for [[Bristol (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol]] | years = [[1801 United Kingdom general election|1801]]–[[1812 Bristol by-election|1812]] | with = [[John Baker-Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield|The Lord Sheffield]] to 1802 | with2 = [[Evan Baillie]] from 1802 | before = Parliament of Great Britain | after = [[Evan Baillie]]<br />[[Richard Hart Davis]] }} {{succession box | title = Member of Parliament for [[Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency)|Bodmin]] | years = 1812–1818 | with = [[Davies Gilbert|Davies Giddy]] | before = [[Davies Gilbert|Davies Giddy]]<br />[[Sir William Oglander, 6th Baronet|Sir William Oglander, Bt]] | after = [[Davies Gilbert|Davies Giddy]]<br />[[Thomas Bradyll]] }} {{succession box | title = Member of Parliament for [[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]] | years = [[1818 United Kingdom general election|1818]]–1823 | with = [[Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley|Nicholas Vansittart]] | before = [[Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley|Nicholas Vansittart]]<br />[[John Hiley Addington]] | after = [[George Canning]]<br />[[John Charles Herries]] }} {{s-off}} {{succession box | before=[[Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby|Hon. Dudley Ryder]] | title=[[Treasurer of the Navy]] | years=1801–1803 | after=[[George Tierney]]}} {{succession box | before=[[Charles Philip Yorke]] | title=[[Secretary at War]] | years=1803–1804 | after=[[William Dundas]]}} {{succession box | before=[[Lord Charles Spencer]] | title=[[Master of the Mint]] | years=1806–1807 | after=[[Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst|The Earl Bathurst]]}} {{succession box | before=[[Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire|The Earl of Buckinghamshire]] | title=[[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] | years=1812–1823 | after=[[Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley|The Lord Bexley]]}} {{succession box | title = [[President of the Board of Control]] | years = 1821–1822 | before = [[George Canning]] | after = [[Charles Williams-Wynn (1775–1850)|Charles Williams-Wynn]]}} {{s-end}}
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