BATHURST, Benjamin (1692-1767), of Lydney, Glos. and Mixbury, Glos.

bap. 25 June 1692, 5th but 3rd surv. s. of Sir Benjamin Bathurst*; bro. of Allen* and Peter Bathurst*. educ. Eton 1699; Trinity, Oxf. 1708. m. (1) 17 Dec. 1713, Finetta (d. 1738), da. of Henry Poole of Kemble, Glos., 22ch.; (2) 22 Oct. 1741, Catherine (d. 1794), da. of Rev. Lawrence Brodrick, chaplain to the House of Commons and preb. Westminster, wid. of Dr William Whitfield, 14ch. Baker, Northants. ii. 203; Top. and Gen. iii. 494; IGI, Wilts.; Burke, Peerage (1959), 233; Westminster Abbey Regs. (Harl. Soc. x), 85.