James Hervey-Bathurst

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James Felton Somers Hervey-Bathurst CBE DL (born 8 December 1949) is a British businessman and landowner.

Hervey-Bathurst is the son of Major Benjamin Hervey-Bathurst OBE and Hon. Elizabeth Somers Cocks, the only daughter and heiress of Arthur Somers Cocks, 6th Baron Somers. [1] He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He rowed in the 1970 & 1971 Boat Race for Cambridge University. [2] [3]

Through his mother, Hervey-Bathurst inherited Eastnor Castle and estate in 1988. [4] [5]

He has subsequently been closely involved in historic architecture and cultural heritage preservation in Britain. Since 2006 he has been vice-president of European Historic Houses. [6] Between 2009 and 2013 he was a chairman of the World Monuments Fund (UK). He was president of the Historic Houses Association from 2004 to 2008. He also worked as a consultant in heritage and taxation for Christie's. In 2009 he was invested as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of services to national heritage. [7] In 2008 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire and in July 2019 he was appointed High Sheriff of Herefordshire for a one year term. [8]

As of 2020, he was listed as Chairman of the Heritage Fuels Association, [9] a Trustee of Longleat International [10] and a Trustee of Bathurst Estate Holdings. [11] He was also a Director of Eastnor Castle Estates Company which was formed in 1940. [12]

He married, firstly, Hon. Sarah Peake, a daughter of Martin Peake, 2nd Viscount Ingleby, on 25 September 1982. They had three daughters but separated in 2002. [13] He married, secondly, Lucy Manners, with whom he has had two daughters. [14] [15]

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  5. ↑ Estate saddened as castle couple split 25 January 2002
  6. ↑ An Englishman's Castle: through the keyhole at Eastnor Castle, 8th February 2020
  7. ↑ United Kingdom "No. 58929". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 31 December 2008. p. 1.
  8. ↑ High Sheriff Declaration, 5 April 2019
  9. ↑ Heritage Organisations
  10. ↑ James Felton Somers HERVEY-BATHURST
  11. ↑ Bathurst Estate Holdings Limited
  12. ↑ Eastnor Castle Estates Company
  13. ↑ Estate saddened as castle couple split 25 January 2002
  14. ↑ Historic Eastnor Castle is like a teenager to its owners: 'sometimes hard to like but you go on loving them'
  15. ↑ The Peerage
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