Charles Bathurst (1754 – 13 August 1831), known as Charles Bragge from 1754 to 1804, was a British politician of the early 19th century. Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar
Bathurst was the son of Charles Bragge, of Cleve Hill in Gloucestershire, and his wife Anne Bathurst, the granddaughter of Sir Benjamin Bathurst, younger brother of Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst. Allen Bathurst 1st Earl Bathurst PC ( 16 November 1684 - 16 September 1775) known as the Lord Bathurst from 1712 to 1772 In 1804 he assumed by Royal license the surname of Bathurst in lieu of Bragge. He was a member of the Society of Merchant Venturers and supported the slave trade. The Society of Merchant Venturers (or just the "Merchant Venturers") is a private charitable organisation in the English city of Bristol, which [1]
Bathurst sat as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Monmouth from 1790 to 1796, for Bristol from 1796 to 1812, for Bodmin from 1812 to 1818 and for Harwich from 1818 to 1823. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. For constituencies which may be confused with this constituency see Monmouth constituency Monmouth is a County constituency of the Bristol was a former two member constituency used to elect members to the House of Commons in the Parliaments of England (to 1707 Great Britain (1707-1800 and the United Bodmin was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall from 1295 until 1983 Harwich is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. He was invested a member of the Privy Council in 1801 and held office under Henry Addington as Treasurer of the Navy from 1801 to 1803 and as Secretary at War from 1803 to 1804, under the Duke of Portland and Spencer Perceval as Master of the Mint from 1806 to 1810 and under Lord Liverpool as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1812 to 1823. Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth, PC (30 May 1757 &ndash 15 February 1844 was a British statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from The Treasurer of the Navy was an office in the British government between the mid-16th and early 19th century The Secretary at War was a political position in the British government with some responsibility over the administration and organization of the British army, but William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke of Portland PC (14 April 1738 &ndash 30 October 1809 was a British Whig and Tory Spencer Perceval, KC (1 November 1762 &ndash 11 May 1812 was a British statesman and Prime Minister. Master of the Mint was an important office in the governments of Scotland and England, and latterly Great Britain between the 16th and 19th centuries Robert Banks Jenkinson 2nd Earl of Liverpool (7 June 1770 &ndash 4 December 1828 was a British politician and the longest-serving Prime Minister of the The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is in modern times a Sinecure office in the Government of the United Kingdom.
In 1788 Bragge married Charlotte Addington. Their great-grandson Charles Bathurst was created Viscount Bledisloe in 1934. Charles Bathurst 1st Viscount Bledisloe, GCMG, KBE, PC ( September 21, 1867 &ndash July 3, 1958)
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Dudley Ryder |
Treasurer of the Navy 1801–1803 |
Succeeded by George Tierney |
| Preceded by Charles Philip Yorke |
Secretary at War 1803–1804 |
Succeeded by William Dundas |
| Preceded by Lord Charles Spencer |
Master of the Mint 1806–1810 |
Succeeded by The Earl Bathurst |
| Preceded by The Earl of Buckinghamshire |
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1812–1823 |
Succeeded by The Lord Bexley |
[[