Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe

The Right Honourable The Viscount Bledisloe GCMG KBE KStJ PC
4th Governor-General of New Zealand
In office 19 March 1930 – 15 March 1935
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Joseph Ward George Forbes
Preceded by	Sir Charles Fergusson
Succeeded by	The Viscount Galway
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
In office 11 November 1924 – 5 February 1928
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Walter Smith
Succeeded by	The Earl of Stradbroke
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food Control
In office 12 December 1916 – 2 July 1917
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	John Robert Clynes
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 15 October 1918 – 3 July 1958 Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	Peerage created
Succeeded by	The 2nd Viscount Bledisloe
Member of Parliament for Wilton
In office 15 January 1910 – 15 October 1918
Preceded by	Levi Lapper Morse
Succeeded by	Hugh Morrison
Personal details
Born	(1867-09-21)21 September 1867 London, England
Died	3 July 1958(1958-07-03) (aged 90) Lydney, Gloucestershire, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Bertha Susan Lopes, Alina Kate Elaine Cooper-Smith
Children	3

Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, GCMG, KBE, KStJ, PC (21 September 1867 – 3 July 1958) was a British Conservative politician and colonial governor. He was Governor-General of New Zealand from 1930 to 1935.