Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, was a High Tory, High Church Pittite. He was an MP for thirty years before ennoblement. If rather dull, and an indifferent speaker in debates, he was a competent administrator, and he remained intensely loyal and at the centre of government for longer than all his contemporaries. A personal friend of William Pitt the Younger, he became a broker of deals across cabinet factions during the Napoleonic era. After the Napoleonic Wars, Bathurst was on the 'conservative' wing of the Tory party.
Marquess of Linlithgow, in the County of Linlithgow or West Lothian, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 23 October 1902 for John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun. The current holder of the title is Adrian Hope.
William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey, was an Irish statesman. A Tory he served in the governments of Lord Wellington and Robert Peel but is best known for his defeat in the 1828 Clare by-election, hastening Catholic Emancipation across Britain and Ireland.
Earl of Buckinghamshire is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1746 for John Hobart, 1st Baron Hobart.
Earl Bathurst, of Bathurst in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain.
Earl Peel is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Peel family descends from Robert Peel, eldest son of a wealthy cotton merchant. The family lands, known as Drayton Manor, in the County of Stafford would become more commonly known in modern-day as an amusement park. The family seat is Elmire House, near Ripon, North Yorkshire.
Earl of Craven, in the County of York, is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Earl of Darnley is a hereditary title that has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of Scotland and once in the Peerage of Ireland.
Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby, known as Viscount Sandon from 1847 to 1882, was a British peer and politician.
Francis Thornhill Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook,, known as Sir Francis Baring, 3rd Baronet, from 1848 to 1866, was a British Whig politician who served in the governments of Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell.
Earl Beauchamp was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Henry Burton Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham,, known as The Lord Conyngham between 1787 and 1789, as The Viscount Conyngham between 1789 and 1797 and as The Earl Conyngham between 1797 and 1815, was an Anglo-Irish courtier and politician of the Regency period. He served as Lord Steward between 1821 and 1830.
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville,, styled Lord Granville Leveson-Gower from 1786 to 1815 and The Viscount Granville from 1815 to 1833, was a British Whig statesman and diplomat from the Leveson-Gower family.
George Henry Charles Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford, styled Viscount Enfield between 1860 and 1886, was a British Liberal politician.
William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny, styled Hon. William Nevill until 1845, was a British peer and clergyman. The fourth son of Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny, he was ordained in 1816 and occupied two of the family livings until 1844. He succeeded his brother as Earl of Abergavenny the following year.
Robert Henley Henley, 2nd Baron Henley, was a British lawyer and Member of Parliament.
Francis Needham, 1st Earl of Kilmorey, known as Francis Needham until 1818 and as The Viscount Kilmorey from 1818 to 1822, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Member of Parliament.
Henry George Bathurst, 4th Earl Bathurst, styled as Lord Apsley from 1794 to 1834, was a British peer and Tory politician.
Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley, FRS, styled Lord Clifton until 1831, lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was a British peer and politician.
Lieutenant-General Sir James Bathurst was a British Army commander from the Bathurst family.
