Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst

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The Right Honourable The Earl Bathurst KG PC
Portrait of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst by William Salter
President of the Board of Trade
In office 31 March 1807 – 29 September 1812
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	The Duke of Portland Spencer Perceval The Earl of Liverpool
Preceded by	The Lord Auckland
Succeeded by	The Earl of Clancarty
Foreign Secretary
In office 11 October 1809 – 6 December 1809
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	Spencer Perceval
Preceded by	George Canning
Succeeded by	The Marquess Wellesley
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
In office 11 June 1812 – 30 April 1827
Monarchs	George III George IV
Prime Minister	The Earl of Liverpool
Preceded by	The Earl of Liverpool
Succeeded by	The Viscount Goderich
Lord President of the Council
In office 26 January 1828 – 22 November 1830
Monarchs	George IV William IV
Prime Minister	The Duke of Wellington
Preceded by	The Duke of Portland
Succeeded by	The Marquess of Lansdowne
Personal details
Born	(1762-05-22)22 May 1762 London
Died	27 July 1834(1834-07-27) (aged 72) London
Nationality	British
Political party	Tory
Spouse	Lady Georgina Lennox ​ ​ (m. 1789)​
Children	7
Parent(s)	Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst Tryphena Scawen
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, KG, PC (22 May 1762 – 27 July 1834) was a High Tory, High Church Pittite. He was an MP for thirty years before ennoblement. 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.