Sir Frederick Hervey-Bathurst, 4th Baronet

Sir Frederick Hervey-Bathurst, Bt

Personal information
Full name	Frederick Thomas Arthur Hervey-Bathurst
Born	(1833-03-13)13 March 1833 London, England
Died	Westminster, London, England
Bowling style	Fast roundarm, Slow underarm
Relations	Sir Frederick Hutchinson Hervey-Bathurst (Father), Lionel Hervey-Bathurst (Half-brother), Hervey Tudway (Grandson)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1865–1866	Hampshire
1861	Hampshire (Pre-county club)
1852–1861	Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 13 Runs scored 187 Batting average 8.50 100s/50s –/– Top score 49 Balls bowled 60 Wickets 2 Bowling average 22 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/17 Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 12 December 2009

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 clubs 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 South Wiltshire by-election of 1861 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. 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 pre-county club 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 onto fight in the First World War where he was to be killed in action in 1914.

External links

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

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Hon. Sidney Herbert Lord Henry Thynne	Member of Parliament for South Wiltshire 1861 – 1865 With: Lord Henry Thynne	Succeeded by Lord Henry Thynne Sir Thomas Grove, Bt
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Frederick Hervey-Bathurst	Baronet (of Larinston) 1881–1900	Succeeded by Frederick Edward William Hervey-Bathurst