Portrait of William 1st Viscount Bateman

Viscount Bateman was a title in the

Peerage of Ireland The peerage of Ireland consists of those Peerage, titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lordship of Ireland, Lord or Monarchy of Ireland, King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great B ...

. It was created on 12 July 1725 for William Bateman, previously Member of Parliament for

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and the son of Sir James Bateman,

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from 1716 to 1717. He was made Baron Culmore, in the County of Londonderry, at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland. He was succeeded by his son, the second Viscount. He was also a politician and notably served as Treasurer of the Household between 1756 and 1757 and as Master of the Buckhounds between 1757 and 1782. He was childless and the titles became extinct on his death in 1802. As both the barony and viscountcy were Irish peerages, the holders sat in the

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while holding the title. The family estates were inherited by William Hanbury. He was the son of William Hanbury and Sarah, daughter of William Western and Anne, sister of the first Viscount Bateman. In 1837 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Bateman and the same year the Bateman title was revived when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Bateman. See this title for more information. The family seat was Shobdon Court, Shobdon,

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. The 2nd Viscount built

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, in

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.'Park Lane', in ''Survey of London: volume 40: The Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 2 (The Buildings) (1980)''
pp. 264-289
accessed 15 November 2010 The Barony of Culmore should not be confused with the earlier Irish Barony of Docwra of Culmore, created in 1621 for Sir Henry Docwra, 1st Baron Docwra of Culmore.

Viscounts Bateman (1725)

William Bateman, 1st Viscount Bateman William Bateman, 1st Viscount Bateman Order of the Bath, KB, Royal Society, FRS (1695 – December 1744) was an English Whig (British political party), Whig politician and peer who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain, British House of C ...

(–1744) *

John Bateman, 2nd Viscount Bateman John Bateman, 2nd Viscount Bateman (April 1721 – 2 March 1802) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1746 to 1784. Bateman was the eldest son of William Bateman, 1st Viscount Bateman MP and his wife Lady Anne Spencer, ...

(1721–1802)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bateman Extinct viscountcies in the Peerage of Ireland Noble titles created in 1725

Viscounts Bateman (1725)

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