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Sir James Bathurst (4 May 1782 – 13 April 1850) was a
British Army
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commander from the Bathurst family.
Early life and family
Bathurst was likely born in
Oxford
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, where he was baptised at three weeks old by his father, Henry Bathurst, then
canon
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of
Christ Church, Oxford
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and later
Bishop of Norwich
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(1805–1837). James was the second son; his elder brother was Rev. Henry Bathurst while his younger brother Benjamin Bathurst, a diplomat, disappeared in
1809 in Germany
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Kingdoms
* Kingdom of Prussia
** Monarch – Frederick William III of Prussia (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840)
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** Maximilian I (1 January 1806 – 13 October 1825)
* Ki ...
and is believed to have been murdered. His father was a nephew of the 1st Earl Bathurst. His mother was Grace Coote, sister of
Charles Coote, 2nd Baron Castle Coote
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Background and education
A member of the Coote family headed by the Earl of Mountrath, Coote was ...
and Sir
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.
Career
Bathurst entered the army in May 1794 as a volunteer and was promoted to ensign that December, to lieutenant in April 1795,
and to captain in 1800. He served in Egypt against the French campaign and was present in the action around Alexandria with Sir
Ralph Abercromby
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's army in Egypt, including the siege of Marabout. He purchased a commission in the 60th as a major in 1803, and he served with the 7th West India Regiment at Gibraltar and in the West Indies, including the
Battle of Suriname
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(1804).
In 1805, he went to
Hanover
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on the staff of
Lord Cathcart
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, and on 10 October was appointed to the staff of the
King's German Legion
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as Military Commissary, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
In 1807, he served with the Russian Army, and was present at the actions fought for the relief of Dantzig, as well as in those of Lomitten, Deppen, Gutstadt, Heilsberg, and Friedland. Sub sequently he served at Rügen and at the
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in that year.
During the
Peninsular War
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, he accompanied Sir
Brent Spencer
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to the coast of Spain in 1808. In 1808 and 1809, he served in Portugal as assistant quartermaster-general and as ''aide-to-camp'' to the
Duke of Wellington
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Vimeiro
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Bathurst was appointed a Commander of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1815, and knighted in the same order (KCB) by
William IV
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on 28 September 1831.
In 1816, he succeeded Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Napier as Lieutenant-Governor of the Virgin Islands.
He was appointed Governor of Berwick in 1833.
Personal life
On 16 January 1815, Bathurst married Lady Caroline Stewart, daughter of the 1st Earl Castle Stewart, at
St Marylebone Parish Church
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. They had six sons and two daughters:
* Stuart Bathurst (1815–1900), an Anglican priest who converted to Catholicism during the
Oxford Movement
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,
*
Robert Bathurst
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(1817–1906)
* James Peter Bathurst (1818–1893)
* Henry Allen Bathurst (1819–1897)
* Caroline Bathurst (1820–1861)
* Sarah Louisa Bathurst (1821–)
* Algernon Bathurst (1823–1895)
* Catherine Anne Bathurst aka Sister Mary Catherine Philip (1825–1907)
* Frederick Bathurst (1827–1910)
He died at Kilworth Rectory in
South Kilworth
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