Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762-1834), Statesman
Sitter in 7 portraits
Bathurst was Secretary for War and the Colonies in Lord Liverpool's government, 1812-27, and Lord President of the Council in Wellington's, 1828-30. He was an efficient and industrious minister who gave great support to Wellington across a range of military issues, even sending him on one occasion a box of shoes with false soles 'for conveying written intelligence in an unsuspected manner'.
The Trial of Queen Caroline 1820
by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1820-1823
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 999
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
by William Salter
oil on canvas, 1834
NPG 3697
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst; Apsley Bathurst (when Viscount Apsley and a boy)
by Thomas Watson, after Nathaniel Dance (later Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt)
mezzotint, 1776 (1775)
NPG D7079
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
by Henry Meyer, after Thomas Phillips
stipple engraving, published 1810
NPG D16257
The Apparition. A Cabinet Picture from the Downing St Collection
by John Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published November 1829
NPG D40936
by John Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 4 October 1830
NPG D41020
by John Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 5 November 1830
NPG D41022
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