Sir Frederick Hervey-Bathurst, 4th Baronet

Sir Frederick Thomas Arthur Hervey-Bathurst, 4th Baronet (13 March 1833 – 20 May 1900) was an English cricketer. Hervey-Bathurst bowled fast roundarm and slow underarm. Hervey-Bathurst was also a Conservative politician.

Cricket career[]

Hervey-Bathurst made his first-class debut in 1852 for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Manchester Cricket Club. Hervey-Bathurst would represent the MCC in ten first-class matches up until 1861. In 1861 he played for Hampshire, this before the current county club was formed. Hervey-Bathurst represented them in a single match against his former team, the MCC. He then returned to play for the MCC for the last time against Sussex in the same year.

In 1865 Hervey-Bathurst represented Hampshire again, this time two years after the club's formation as a county club. Hervey-Bathurst played two matches for the county club, one in 1865 against Surrey and his final first-class match in 1866 against the club he first played first-class cricket for, the MCC.

Political career[]

Hervey-Bathurst was elected in the as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament for South Wiltshire, a position he held until 1865, when he lost his seat to Liberal Politician Sir Thomas Grove in the 1865 election.

Later life[]

Following his father's death in 1881, he assumed the title of 4th Baronet.^[1] Hervey-Bathurst died in Westminster, London on 20 May 1900. Following his death, the title of Baronet passed to Frederick Edward William Hervey-Bathurst.

Family[]

Hervey-Bathurst was part of a cricketing family. He was the son of Sir Frederick Hervey-Bathurst, 3rd Baronet who represented both the MCC and the Hampshire team. His half-brother Lionel Hervey-Bathurst represented Hampshire in two first-class matches in 1875. His grandson Hervey Tudway played one first-class match for Somerset in 1910 and would go on to fight in the First World War where he was to be killed in action in 1914.

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External links[]

• Frederick Hervey-Bathurst at Cricinfo
• Frederick Hervey-Bathurst at CricketArchive
• Frederick Hervey-Bathurst