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BATHURST, LANCELOT, fifth son of Sir Edward Bathurst, Bart., Lechlade, Gloucs., and his second wife Susan, widow of Thomas Cook, Stanton, and dau. of Thomas Rich, North Cerney, Gloucs.; b. c. 1647 (aged 35 in 1682); adm.; KS 1663; emigrated to Virginia c. 1670; appears in list of attornies licensed by government 1680; clerk to various committees of House of Burgesses, Virginia; landowner in New Kent County, Virginia, High Sheriff 1698, JP 1699 and 1702; m.; d. c. 1703.

BATHURST, SIR LAWRENCE, BART., elder son of Sir Francis Bathurst, Bart., and Frances, dau. of Rev. William Peacock; bapt. 3 Mar 1712/3; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1721; KS 1727; kidnapped and transported to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1728; indentured to farmer in Pennsylvania to 1735; succ. father as 6th baronet 19 Dec 1736; tutor to Roberts family, Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 1736-81; m. at Philadelphia 21 Apr 1741 Anne Roberts; living in Pennsylvania 1787.

BATHURST, THOMAS, eldest son of Benjamin Bathurst MP, Lydney, Gloucs., and his first wife Finetta, dau. of Henry Poole, Kemble, Wilts. (now Gloucs. ); b.; adm. (aged 8) Feb 1733/4; left 1742; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 25 May 1742; of Lydney Park, Gloucs.; m. 24 Aug 1749 Ann, dau. of Thomas Fazakerley, St. Martin’s in the Fields, London; d. 9 Nov 1791.

Batley, Charles Gurson, son of Henry Gurson Batley, of Hampstead, by Alice Mary, daughter of Charles Browne, Hampstead; b. May 17, 1888; adm. April 23, 1902 (A); left July 1905; admitted a solicitor Nov. 1912; practised in London; m. 1st Oct. 17, 1923 Dorothy, daughter of Timothy George Lenn, of Bagshot, Surrey; 2nd -; d. May 4, 1947·

BATLEY, JOHN ARMYTAGE, elder son of John Batley, Seaborough Court, Crewkerne, Somerset, and Louise Marie, dau. of James Bonsor, Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau, Lille, France; b. 1 May 1856; adm. (G) 21 Jan 1870; left Aug 1875; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 May 1875, matr. Mich. 1875; LLB 1879; BA 1880; MA 1887; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 17 Nov 1876, called to bar 17 Nov 1881; became a mechanical engineer; served Ministry of Munitions during 1914-18 war; m. 1st, 2 Apr 1891, Edith Marion, third dau. of Charles Harrison MP, Areley Court, Stourport, Worcs.; m. 2nd, 29 Dec 1921, Anne Muriel, second dau. of John William Sparrow, Beckminster, Wolverhampton, Staffs.; d. 1 May 1933.

BATLEY, RALPH CECIL, brother of John Armytage Batley (qv); b. 2 Dec 1862; adm. (G) 26 Jan 1872; left Aug 1881; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Oct 1881, matr. Mich. 1881; BA and LLB 1884; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Jan 1882; adm. solicitor 1887; went out to South Africa; served in Matabele War, 1893, with Salisbury Horse, and with Rhodesian Horse in rising of 1895-7; returned to England 1897; commissioned Dorset Yeomanry 17 Nov 1897; served with Imperial Yeomanry in South African War 1900-1; wounded at Diamond Hill 12 Jun 1900; afterwards employed as Civil Commissioner for Pretoria and district; Hon. Capt. in Army 26 Jul 1901; despatches L. G. 10 Sep 1901; Maj., Dorset Yeomanry, 12 Apr 1902; medically unfit for foreign service when regiment ordered to Gallipoli, and given command of 3rd line Dorset Yeomanry battalion; res. on account of ill-health 24 Jan 1917; TD 1917; m. 14 Jun 1904 Mabel Gwynnedd Terry, youngest dau. of Arthur James Lewis, Moray Lodge, Campden Hill, Kensington; d. 23 Oct 1917.

BATT, CHARLES WILLIAM, brother of John Thomas Batt (qv); b. 26 Feb 1761; adm. 11 Jan 1774; left 1777; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 Nov 1777, aged 16, Canoneer Student from 23 Dec 1777; BA 1781; MA 1784; ordained deacon (Winchester) 21 Sep 1783; d. 23 Jul 1791.

BATT, JOHN THOMAS, eldest son of John Thomas Batt MD FRS, Westminster, by Frances Haulsey, St. Martin’s in the Fields; b. 24 Feb 1746; at school under Markham (Steward of Anniversary Dinner, 1780); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Dec 1762, aged 16, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1762 - Jun 1776, Faculty Student 22 Jun 1776 - 21 Jan 1794 (void, by marriage); BA 1766; MA 1769; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 29 Dec 1763, called to bar 30 Jan 1770; a Commissioner of Bankrupts 1772-86 (occurs in annual lists 1775-86); KC Duchy of Lancaster 6 Apr 1776-82, Serjeant at Law 6 Feb 1782 - res 1785; Savoy Steward, Duchy of Lancaster, 30 Jun 1777-85; Clerk of Crown at Lancaster from 15 Jun 1780; Auditor of the Irish Accounts 1784; a Commissioner of Accounts 14 Jul 1785- Sep 1806; Registrar of Affidavits, Chancery; a friend of Horace Walpole and of the Misses Berry; one of the executors of Edward Gibbon (adm. 1747/8, qv) and of William Markham (adm. 1733, qv); FSA 17 Dec 1795; of New Hall, near Salisbury, Wilts.; m. 14 Jan 1794 Susan, dau. of James Neave, Nunton, Wilts.; d. 8 Mar 1831.

BATT, RICHARD BUSH DRURY, son of Edward Batt MD MRCS LSA, Witney, Oxfordshire, subsequently of London, medical practitioner, and Emma Vere, dau. of Capt. Augustus Vere Drury RN; b. 14 Mar 1861; adm. (G) 23 Jan 1873; left Christmas 1875; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; LSA 1882; MRCS 1883; practised at Tring, Herts.; d. 6 Jun 1886.

BATTELEY, OLIVER, son of Rev. Nicholas Batteley, Vicar of Bekesbourne, Kent, and Anne, dau. of --- Porkington, Hunts.; b. 3 Aug 1697; adm.; QS (aged 15) 1712; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1716, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1716, Canoneer Student 23 Jul 1717 - 29 Jun 1737 (expiry year of grace as R. Iron Acton), Tutor 1720-35, Junior Censor 1728-31, Senior Censor 1732-5; BA 1720; MA 9 Mar 1723/4; BD 1734; Proctor 1731; ordained; Curate, Cowley, Oxfordshire, 1727; Rector of Iron Acton, Gloucs., 1736 (year of grace from 30 Jun 1736); Rector of Cwm, Flints., from 1751; Prebendary of Llandaff 28 Jun 1757; edited the works of his uncle Ven. John Batteley DD, Archdeacon of Canterbury, 1745; buried Bath 26 Sep 1762. DNB (s. v. Nicholas Batteley).