Charles Bathurst

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Charles Bathurst (1754 – 13 August 1831), known as Charles Bragge from 1754 to 1804, was a British politician of the early 19th century.

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. 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.^[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. 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.

In 1788 Bragge married Charlotte Addington. Their great-grandson Charles Bathurst was created Viscount Bledisloe in 1934.

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