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The Earl Bathurst | |
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 Portrait of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst by William Salter | |
| President of the Board of Trade | |
| In office 31 March 1807 – 29 September 1812 | |
| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | The Lord Auckland |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Clancarty |
| Foreign Secretary | |
| In office 11 October 1809 – 6 December 1809 | |
| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | Spencer Perceval |
| Preceded by | George Canning |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess Wellesley |
| Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | |
| In office 11 June 1812 – 30 April 1827 | |
| Monarchs | |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Liverpool |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Liverpool |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Goderich |
| Lord President of the Council | |
| In office 26 January 1828 – 22 November 1830 | |
| Monarchs | |
| Prime Minister | The Duke of Wellington |
| Preceded by | The Duke of Portland |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess of Lansdowne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 May 1762 London |
| Died | 27 July 1834 (aged 72) London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Tory |
| Spouse |
Lady Georgina Lennox
(m. 1789) |
| Children | 7 |
| Parent(s) | Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst Tryphena Scawen |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
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.