Earl Bathurst
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Earl Bathurst, of Bathurst in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain.
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Earldom of Bathurst | |
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Creation date | August 1772 |
Created by | George III |
Peerage | Peerage of Great Britain |
First holder | Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl |
Present holder | Allen Bathurst, 9th Earl |
Heir apparent | Benjamin Bathurst, Lord Apsley |
Remainder to | the 1st Earl's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten |
Subsidiary titles | Baron Bathurst Baron Apsley |
Seat(s) | Cirencester House |
Motto | Tien Ta Foy ("Keep thy faith") |
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The medieval English word was Botehurst, thought to date at least from the 13th century. Bote is the origination of Battle, although the family may have settled there post-dating the Conquest. This translated as 'a wood in a wood' which may in contradistinction have meant a clearing. The name of Apsley adopted by the family derived from Thakenham, near Pulborough in east Sussex, which may have referred to apse - lea or a 'church in a meadow'. The Bathurst estates were at Cirencester Park and Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, which Bathursts inherited before the park was laid out in the Cotswolds.