SLAVE TRADE ANTI-ABOLITIONIST WAR SECY BATHURST MP FREE FRANK COVER SIGNED 1817!

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HERE’S AN
1817
BRITISH TORY MP FREE FRANK FRONT PANEL FROM LONDON, ENGLAND, SIGNED BY
RT. HON. CHARLES BATHURST
(1754 - 1831)
ANTI-SLAVERY ABOLITIONIST MEMBER OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS REPRESENTING MONMOUTH 1790-1796, BRISTOL 1796-1812, and HARWICH 1818-1823,
HONORARY FREEMAN OF THE
SOCIETY OF MERCHANT VENTURERS
INDUCTED IN 1796, DUE TO HIS VEHEMENT SUPPORT FOR THE SLAVE TRADE,
CHANCELLOR OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER
1812–1823,
MASTER OF THE MINT
1806–1807,
SECRETARY AT WAR
1803-1804,
TREASURER OF THE NAVY
1801-1803,
MEMBER OF THE
PRIVY COUNCIL
IN 1801
~&~
INHERITED
LYDNEY PARK.
A 17
th
CENTURY
COUNTRY ESTATE
, IN THE
FOREST OF DEAN DISTRICT
IN
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
, ENGLAND – KNOWN FOR ITS
GARDENS
AND
ROMAN TEMPLE
ARCHEOLOGICAL RUINS.
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Ultimately Bathurst would not see the passage of slavery abolition in the UK. A few years after his death, in 1833, the first meeting of the
House of Commons
met following the 1832
Great Reform Act
and the
subsequent general election
that produced a landslide majority for the ruling
Whig Government
. Also known as
The First Reformed Parliament
. Britain ultimately passed the Slavery Abolition Act on Aug. 1, 1834.
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BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES BATHURST
Charles Bathurst
PC
(1754 – 13 August 1831), known as
Charles Bragge
from 1754 to 1804, was a British politician of the early 19th century.
Background and education
Born Charles Bragge, Bathurst was the son of Charles Bragge, of
Cleeve Hill in Gloucestershire
, and his wife Anne Bathurst, the granddaughter of Sir Benjamin Bathurst, younger brother of
Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst
. He was educated at
Winchester School
and
New College, Oxford
and studied law at
Lincoln's Inn
in 1772, being
called to the bar
in 1778. In 1804 he assumed by royal licence the surname of Bathurst in lieu of Bragge when he inherited
Lydney Park
in Gloucestershire from his maternal uncle Poole Bathurst.
Political career
Bathurst sat as a member of parliament (MP) for
Monmouth
from 1790 to 1796, for
Bristol
from 1796 to 1812, for
Bodmin
from 1812 to 1818 and for
Harwich
from 1818 to 1823. He was invested a member of the
Privy Council
in 1801 and held office under
Henry Addington
as
Treasurer of the Navy
from 1801 to 1803 and as
Secretary at War
from 1803 to 1804. He also served under the
Duke of Portland
as
Master of the Mint
(1806–07) and under
Lord Liverpool
as
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
(1812–23) and
President of the Board of Control
(1821–22).
In 1796 Bathurst was made an honorary freeman of the
Society of Merchant Venturers
, due to his support for the slave trade.
Family
Bathurst died in August 1831. He had married Charlotte, daughter of
Anthony Addington
, in 1781 and with her had 2 sons and 2 daughters. He was succeeded in turn by their eldest son Charles and their younger son,
Reverend William Hiley Bathurst
who became the grandfather of
Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe
. His wife survived him by eight years and died in May 1839.
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