Seymour Bathurst, 7th Earl Bathurst
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Seymour Henry Bathurst, 7th Earl Bathurst, CMG, TD (21 July 1864–21 September 1943).
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[edit] Family
He was a son of Allen Bathurst, 6th Earl Bathurst and Meriel Leicester Warren. His maternal grandparents were George Warren, 2nd Baron de Tabley and his wife Catharina Barbara de Salis-Saglio.
[edit] Heir to the Earldom
At the time of his birth his great-uncle Henry Bathurst, 4th Earl Bathurst had held the title of Earl Bathurst for thirty years. He had never married and his heir was his younger brother William Lennox Bathurst who was also a bachelor.
His paternal grandfather Thomas Seymour Bathurst would have been next in line but had preceased his brothers in 1934. His position as second-in-line heir had been inherited by his son Allen Alexander Bathurst. As the eldest son of Allen, Seymour was the third-on-line heir at the time of his birth.
On 25 May 1866, the 4th Earl died and was succeeded by his younger brother as expected. Allen became the first-in-line heir with Seymour as second-in-line.
On 24 February 1878, the 5th Earl died and Allen succeeded him. Seymour became the first-in-line and received the title going with it, Lord Apsley, Baron of Apsley, in the County of Sussex.
On 1 August 1892, the 6th Earl died and Seymour succeeded him. He was at the time unwed and his own heir was his younger brother Lancelot Julian Bathurst.
[edit] Career
Bathurst received his education at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.
He served as Commander in charge of the 4th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment from 1893 to 1908. He was named an Honorary Colonel of the 4th Battalion in 1903 and Honorary Colonel of the 6th Battalion in 1908.
[edit] Marriage and Estate
On 15 November 1893, Bathurst married Lilias Margaret Frances Borthwick, only daughter of Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk, owner of The Daily Telegraph and his wife Alice Beatrice Lister, niece of the 4th Earl of Clarendon.
The Bathursts had four children:
- Lady Meriel Olivia Bathurst (3 September 1894 - 18 January 1936). She married Captain Lord Alastair Mungo Graham, son of Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose.
- Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley (3 August 1895 - 17 December 1942)
- Hon. William Ralph Seymour Bathurst (21 September 1903 - 10 September 1970). He married Helen Winifred Heathcoat-Amory, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Harry William Ludovic Heathcote Heathcoat-Amory, of the Heathcoat-Amory Baronets.
- Hon. Ralph Henry Bathurst (26 September 1904 - 5 December 1965).
At the time of their marriage the Morning Post was expected to be inherited by Oliver Borthwick, a younger brother of his wife. However Oliver predeceased his father on 23 March 1905, and Bathurst's wife Lilias became the only legal heir of her father.
Lord Glenesk died on 24 November 1908. His estate was inherited by his only surviving child. The Morning Post was then co-owned by Bathurst and his wife.
It was under their ownership, in 1920, that the paper published a series of articles based on the so-called Protocols of the Elders of Zion. These were collected the same year and published in London and New York in book form under the title of The Cause of World Unrest. This antisemitic text and matter has been shown to be a plagiarism and a forgery.
The Bathursts sold the paper to a consortium organized by the 8th Duke of Northumberland in 1924.
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| Preceded by Allen Bathurst |
Earl Bathurst 1892–1943 |
Succeeded by Henry Bathurst |
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