Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst

The Earl Bathurst
Portrait of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst by William Salter
President of the Board of Trade
In office
31 March 1807 – 29 September 1812
MonarchGeorge III
Prime Minister
Preceded byThe Lord Auckland
Succeeded byThe Earl of Clancarty
Foreign Secretary
In office
11 October 1809 – 6 December 1809
MonarchGeorge III
Prime MinisterSpencer Perceval
Preceded byGeorge Canning
Succeeded byThe Marquess Wellesley
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
In office
11 June 1812 – 30 April 1827
Monarchs
Prime MinisterThe Earl of Liverpool
Preceded byThe Earl of Liverpool
Succeeded byThe Viscount Goderich
Lord President of the Council
In office
26 January 1828 – 22 November 1830
Monarchs
Prime MinisterThe Duke of Wellington
Preceded byThe Duke of Portland
Succeeded byThe Marquess of Lansdowne
Personal details
Born(1762-05-22)22 May 1762
London
Died27 July 1834(1834-07-27) (aged 72)
London
NationalityBritish
Political partyTory
Spouse
Lady Georgina Lennox
(m. 1789)
Children7
Parent(s)Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst
Tryphena Scawen
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
Quartered arms of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, KG, PC

Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, KG, PC (22 May 1762 – 27 July 1834) was a High Tory, High Church Pittite. He was an MP for thirty years before ennoblement. A personal friend of William Pitt the Younger, he became a broker of deals across cabinet factions during the Napoleonic era. After the Napoleonic Wars, Bathurst was on the conservative wing of the Tory party.