Benjamin Bathurst (1692–1767)

Benjamin Bathurst (1692– 5 November 1767) of Lydney, Gloucestershire, was an English politician.[1]

He was a younger son of Sir Benjamin Bathurst, MP and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Oxford.

He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Cirencester 1713-1727, Gloucester 16 February 1728 - 1754 and Monmouth Boroughs 1754 - 5 November 1767.[2]

He married twice: firstly Finetta, the daughter of Henry Poole of Kemble, Gloucestershire, with whom he had 22 children and secondly Catherine, the daughter of the Rev. Lawrence Brodrick, chaplain to the House of Commons and widow of Dr. William Whitfield, with whom he had a further 14 children.

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Thomas Master
Charles Coxe
Member of Parliament for Cirencester
17131727
With: Thomas Master
Succeeded by
Thomas Master
Peter Bathurst
Preceded by
John Howe
Charles Hyett
Member of Parliament for Gloucester
1727–1754
With: Charles Selwyn to 1734
John Selwyn (1688–1751) 1734–51
Charles Barrow from 1751
Succeeded by
Charles Barrow
George Augustus Selwyn
Preceded by
Fulke Greville
Member of Parliament for Monmouth Boroughs
1754–1767
Succeeded by
John Stepney
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