William Bateman-Hanbury, 2nd Baron Bateman

William Bateman Bateman-Hanbury, 2nd Baron Bateman (28 July 1826 – 30 November 1901), styled The Honourable from 1837 until 1845, was a British peer and Conservative politician.

Background and education[]

Born William Hanbury at Kelmarsh, he was the son of William Bateman-Hanbury, 1st Baron Bateman and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Lord Spencer Chichester, son of Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall.^[1] He was educated at Eton College and then Trinity College, Cambridge, of which he was MA.^[2] In 1837 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Bateman.

Career[]

He succeeded his father in the barony in 1845 and took his seat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords. Bateman-Hanbury joined the Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry as a cornet in 1847.^[1] Between 1858 and 1859 he served as a Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) in the Conservative administration of the Earl of Derby. In 1852, having been previously a Deputy Lieutenant, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire, a post he held for almost fifty years until his death in 1901.

Family[]

Lord Bateman married Agnes Kerrison, youngest daughter of General Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet, on 13 May 1854.^[3] They had four sons and six daughters. He died 30 November 1901, aged 75, and was succeeded in the barony by his son William.^[4] Lady Bateman died in 1918.

Publications[]

Lord Bateman's plea for limited protection or for reciprocity in free trade with a preface by the author. A letter printed by The Times of 12 November 1877. 1878, London: William Ridgway, & Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird & Co.

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co.. pp. 106.
↑ "Bateman-Hanbury, the Hon. William (BTMN844W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search.pl?sur=&suro=c&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&tex=%22BTMN844W%22&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50.
↑ Burke, Bernard (1869). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison. p. 636. https://books.google.com/books?id=KCZBAQAAMAAJ.
↑ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". 2 December 1901.

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Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl Somers	Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire 1852 – 1901	Succeeded by John Hungerford Arkwright
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Bateman-Hanbury	Baron Bateman 1845 – 1901	Succeeded by William Bateman-Hanbury

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[Dod-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co.. pp. 106.

[2] "Bateman-Hanbury, the Hon. William (BTMN844W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search.pl?sur=&suro=c&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&tex=%22BTMN844W%22&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50.

[Burke-3] Burke, Bernard (1869). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison. p. 636. https://books.google.com/books?id=KCZBAQAAMAAJ.

[4] "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". 2 December 1901.

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