Stuart Eyre Bathurst (10 December 1815 – 15 March 1900) was an English cleric, and a

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er active 1836–39 who played for

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. He notably switched from being a Church of England priest to become a Roman Catholic one.

Life

Bathurst was born in

Marylebone Marylebone (usually , also , ) is a district in the West End of London, in the City of Westminster. Oxford Street, Europe's busiest shopping street, forms its southern boundary. An ancient parish and latterly a metropolitan borough, it m ...

. He was the son of Sir

James Bathurst Lieutenant-General Sir James Bathurst (4 May 1782 – 13 April 1850) was a British Army commander from the Bathurst family. Early life and family Bathurst was likely born in Oxford, where he was baptised at three weeks old by his father, Henr ...

and the grandson of Henry Bathurst,

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. His grandfather was a nephew of the 1st Earl Bathurst. He appeared in six first-class matches. Bathurst was educated at

Winchester College Winchester College is a public school (fee-charging independent day and boarding school) in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 and has existed in its present location ever since. It is the oldest of ...

and Christ Church, Oxford. He later moved to

Merton College Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the 1260s when Walter de Merton, ...

of which he was a fellow 1839–45. He became a Church of England priest and was

rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...

Kibworth Beauchamp Kibworth is an area of the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, that contains two civil parishes: the villages of Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt . At the 2011 census, Kibworth Beauchamp had a population of 5,433 and Kib ...

, Leicestershire. In 1850 he converted to

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under the influence of

John Henry Newman John Henry Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English theologian, academic, intellectual, philosopher, polymath, historian, writer, scholar and poet, first as an Anglican priest and later as a Catholic priest and ...

. His sister

Catherine Bathurst Sister Mary Catherine Philip was born Catherine Anne Bathurst (14 July 1825 – 14 December 1907) was a Roman Catholic convert, nun and Prioress. She founded a school in Belgium which became (in time) St Dominic's Sixth Form College in Harrow. L ...

soon followed and she became a leading nun and school founder and a long time correspondent with Newman. Stuart Bathurst became the parish priest at

Wednesbury Wednesbury () is a market town in Sandwell in the county of West Midlands, England. It is located near the source of the River Tame. Historically part of Staffordshire in the Hundred of Offlow, at the 2011 Census the town had a population of ...

, Staffordshire, then moved to

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Death and legacy

He died in 1900 in

Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School is a co-educational Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form, located in Wednesbury in the West Midlands of England. The school opened in the 1960s and is named after 19th century Catholic cleric Stuar ...

in Wednesbury is named after him.

Notes

1815 births 1900 deaths

Stuart Stuart may refer to: Names * Stuart (name), a given name and surname (and list of people with the name) Automobile *Stuart (automobile) Places Australia Generally *Stuart Highway, connecting South Australia and the Northern Territory Northe ...

Oxford University cricketers English cricketers People educated at Winchester College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Fellows of Merton College, Oxford 19th-century English Anglican priests Anglican priest converts to Roman Catholicism 19th-century English Roman Catholic priests {{England-cricket-bio-1810s-stub