The Earl holds the subsidiary titles of Baron Bathurst of Battlesden (1712) and Baron Apsley (1771), both in the Peerage of Great Britain. The latter title was created for Henry Bathurst, who became Lord Chancellor, and whose father, Lord Bathurst, was created Earl Bathurst a year later.
HENRY, 3rd EarlBathurst (1762-1834), the elder son of the second earl, was born on the 22nd of May 1762.
Bathursts official position caused his name to be mentioned frequently during the agitation for the abolition of slavery, and with regard to this traffic he seems to have been animated by a humane spirit.
He died unmarried on the 25th of May 1866, and was succeeded in the title by his brother, WILLIAM LENNOX, 5th EarlBathurst (1791-1878), member of parliament for \Veobley from 1812 to 1816, and clerk of the privy council from 1827 to 1860, who died unmarried on the 24th of February 1878.
Henry Bathurst, 3rd EarlBathurst (22 May 1762 - 27 July 1834), the elder son of the second earl.
He was Secretary for War and the Colonies until Liverpool resigned in April 1827; and deserves some credit for improving the conduct of the Peninsular War, while it was his duty to defend the government concerning its treatment of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Bathurst was made a Knight of the Garter in 1817, and held several lucrative sinecures.
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