William Bateman-Hanbury, 2nd Baron Bateman

William Bateman Bateman-Hanbury, 2nd Baron Bateman (28 July 1826 – 30 November 1901), styled The Honourable from 1837 until 1845, was a British peer and Conservative politician.

Background and education[edit]

Born William Hanbury at Kelmarsh, he was the son of William Bateman-Hanbury, 1st Baron Bateman and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Lord Spencer Chichester, son of Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall.^[1] He was educated at Eton College and then Trinity College, Cambridge, of which he was MA.^[2] In 1837 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Bateman.

Career[edit]

He succeeded his father in the barony in 1845 and took his seat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords. Bateman-Hanbury joined the Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry as a cornet in 1847.^[1] Between 1858 and 1859 he served as a Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) in the Conservative administration of the Earl of Derby. In 1852, having been previously a Deputy Lieutenant, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire, a post he held for almost fifty years until his death in 1901.

Family[edit]

Lord Bateman married Agnes Kerrison, youngest daughter of General Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet, on 13 May 1854.^[3] They had four sons and six daughters. He died 30 November 1901, aged 75, and was succeeded in the barony by his son William.^[4] Lady Bateman died in 1918.

Publications[edit]

Lord Bateman's plea for limited protection or for reciprocity in free trade with a preface by the author. A letter printed by The Times of 12 November 1877. 1878, London: William Ridgway, & Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird & Co.

Arms[edit]

Coat of arms of William Bateman-Hanbury, 2nd Baron Bateman
	Crest 1st out of a mural crown Sable a demi-lion Or holding in the dexter paw a battleaxe Sable helved Gold (Hanbury). 2nd a duck's head and neck between two wings Proper (Bateman). Escutcheon Quarterly 1st & 4th Or on a bend engrailed Vert plain cottised Sable in chief a crescent on a crescent for difference (Hanbury) 2nd & 3rd Or on a fess Sable between three Muscovy ducks Proper a rose of the field (Bateman). Supporters Two lions Argent gorged with plain collars each charged with a rose between two fleurs-de-lis Or and chains of the latter affixed to each collar and reflexed over the back. Motto Nec Prece Nec Pretio^[5]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 106.
^ "Bateman-Hanbury, the Hon. William (BTMN844W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ Burke, Bernard (1869). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison. p. 636.
^ "Obituary". The Times. No. 36627. London. 2 December 1901. p. 6.
^ Burke's Peerage. 1878.

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Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl Somers	Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire 1852–1901	Succeeded by John Hungerford Arkwright
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Bateman-Hanbury	Baron Bateman 1845–1901	Succeeded by William Bateman-Hanbury

[Dod-1] Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 106.

[2] "Bateman-Hanbury, the Hon. William (BTMN844W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[Burke-3] Burke, Bernard (1869). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison. p. 636.

[4] "Obituary". The Times. No. 36627. London. 2 December 1901. p. 6.

[5] Burke's Peerage. 1878.

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