Bathurst (surname)

Bathurst (/ˈbæθ(h)ɜːrst, ˈbɑːθ-, -(h)ərst/) is a surname of Old English origin. It is a locational surname, referring to those from Bathurst manor, near Battle Abbey, Sussex.

Notable people with this name include:

• Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst (1684–1775), politician
• Allen Bathurst, 6th Earl Bathurst (1832–1892)
• Allen Bathurst, 9th Earl Bathurst (born 1961)
• Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley (1895–1942), British Army officer
• Benjamin Bathurst (disambiguation), many people
• Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, (1867–1958) agriculturist and politician
• Charles Bathurst (1754–1831), better known as Charles Bragge Bathurst, a British politician
• Christopher Bathurst, 3rd Viscount Bledisloe (1934–2009)
• Earl Bathurst
• Elizabeth Bathurst (1655–1685), English Quaker preacher and theologian
• Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst (1714–1794), lord chancellor
• Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762–1834), secretary for war & colonies
• Henry Bathurst, 4th Earl Bathurst (1790–1866), MP
• Henry Bathurst, 8th Earl Bathurst (1927–2011)
• Henry Bathurst (bishop) (1744–1837)
• John Bathurst (1607–1659), physician
• Peter Bathurst (1687–1748), member of parliament for Wilton, for Cirencester, and for Salisbury
• Peter Bathurst (1723–1801), member of parliament for Eye
• Ralph Bathurst (1620–1704)
• Richard Bathurst (1722/3–1762), physician and writer
• Robert Bathurst (born 1957), actor
• Robin Gilbert Charles Bathurst (1920–2006), English geologist
• Seymour Bathurst, 7th Earl Bathurst (1864–1923)
• Walter Bathurst (1764–1827), naval officer
• William Bathurst, 5th Earl Bathurst (1791–1878)
• William Hiley Bathurst (1796–1877), clergyman